B♭dim chord on piano
Bb diminished: B♭ · D♭ · F♭. It sounds tense and unstable: it exists to move somewhere else.
NotesB♭ D♭ F♭
Built fromroot + minor 3rd + diminished 5th
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On the keyboard
Fingering
Right hand, root position: B♭ — finger 1 · D♭ — finger 3 · F♭ — finger 5. (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger.)
Inversions
The same notes in a different order. Inversions are how players move between chords without jumping:
- RootB♭ – D♭ – F♭
- 1stD♭ – F♭ – B♭
- 2ndF♭ – B♭ – D♭
Songs that use B♭dim
ChopinWaltz Op. 64 No. 2
C# minor · Advanced
GriegElfin Dance
E minor · Intermediate
SchubertImpromptu Op. 142 No. 2
Ab major · Intermediate
J.S. BachPrelude from first Cello Suite
D major · Intermediate
J.S. BachBWV 807: The English Suites II Prelude
A minor · Advanced
J.S. BachPrelude in C minor - BWV 999
C minor · Beginner