Bbma7addb13 Major 7th
The Bbma7addb13 chord is built from the notes Bb – D – F – A – Gb.
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Also known as
Bbma7addb15Bbma7b13Bbmaj7(b15)
Chord tones, one by one
BbRoot
Root
The fundamental note the chord is built on — Bb.
DThird
Major third
Four semitones — makes the chord major (brighter, happier).
FFifth
Perfect fifth
Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.
ASeventh
Major seventh
Eleven semitones — a lush, jazzy seventh just below the octave (maj7).
GbExtension
Flat thirteenth (♭13)
A ♭13 — dark altered tension over a dominant chord.
🎼 Related scales
🎹 Modal analysis
This chord implies the Harmonic major scale; its characteristic note is the dark ♭6.
🎸 Genres
Jazz · Gospel · Classical