Bbmajor
The standard grips this chord is usually shown with.
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About Bb
Bb is Bb, D and F, a major triad. The shape this page opens on is written x13331, lowest string first.
Also written Bbmaj, BbM or Bb major. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.
There are 7 common shapes for Bb on the guitar, and 48 derived voicings in the triad family.
In which keys. Every note of Bb belongs to C minor (the ♭VII), D minor (the ♭VI), Eb major (the V), F major (the IV), G minor (the ♭III) and Bb major (the I).
The common shapes, written lowest string first: x13331, 653336, xx3336, 688766, x-x-8-10-11-10, x-13-12-10-11-10, x-13-15-15-15-13.
Triad. Three notes across one string set. Bb has xxx331, 110xxx, x1333x, xx0331, 1103xx, xx3331, x533xx, xx333x.
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.