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B flat seven no five chord

About the B flat seven no five chord

B flat seven no five is used in E Major, where every note it holds is a scale tone. Think of it as a B dominant seventh chord with no fifth.

Its notes are B, D, and A. The intervals are a major third and a minor seventh.

Also called A sharp seven no five, which spells the same notes enharmonically.

Inversions

B flat seven no five (root position)

Notes and intervals

1B flatRoot
2DMajor 3rd
3A flatMinor 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other B flat chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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B♭7(no5) chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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