Bbm7 Ukulele Chord

Bbm7 is the B flat minor seventh chord. It has four notes: B flat, D flat, F and A flat. The standard shape puts every string on the 1st fret, one finger per string or one index laid flat across all four.

Every string at the 1st fret: the open Am7 tuning moved up one. One finger per string as charted, or one index laid flat across all four.

How to play Bbm7 on ukulele, step by step

Index finger: 1st fret, G string
Middle finger: 1st fret, C string
Ring finger: 1st fret, E string
Pinky finger: 1st fret, A string
Strum all four strings.

This shape is the open strings moved up one fret: the ukulele is tuned to Am7, so a straight line across any fret is a minor seventh chord. Slide it up one more and it plays Bm7.

More ways to play Bbm7

There are 3 common Bbm7 shapes: the standard one at the top of the page, plus these further up the neck. You only ever need one. Tap any card to hear it.

Bbm7 ukulele chord diagram, frets 3 to 5, played 3544 — Frets 3 to 5

Bbm7 ukulele chord diagram, barre at fret 6, played 6868 — Barre at fret 6

If the shape is not clean

Four fingers do not fit on one fret: Most players do not use four fingers here: lay the index flat across all four strings at the 1st fret instead, like a small barre. The chart prints one finger per string because both grips are common; use whichever your hand prefers.
Buzzing near the nut: Fret 1 is where the strings resist most. Press just behind the fret wire and pull the neck gently toward you with the whole arm rather than pinching harder with the thumb.
One string is quieter than the rest: Whether you barre or use four fingers, the weight drifts to the outer strings. Pick each string alone, find the quiet one, and lean onto it.

What makes it a Bbm7

B♭ · D♭ · F · A♭ 1 ♭3 5 ♭7

Bbm7 is a minor seventh chord: a B flat minor triad (B flat, D flat, F) plus a minor seventh (A flat). The seventh rounds the minor off, turning a dark chord into a soft one.

Its home keys are flat keys: Bbm7 is the ii chord in A flat, where it walks into Eb7, and the vi chord in D flat. Those keys belong to piano and horn music more than to ukulele songbooks, so Bbm7 mostly appears when a song is played in its original key rather than transposed.

Bbm7 vs Bbm

The two differ on one string. Bbm puts the G string at the 3rd fret, doubling the root; Bbm7 drops it to the 1st, where it sounds A flat, the seventh. Everything else stays where it is.

Play them back to back: the plain minor lands, the m7 drifts. Songs in A flat and D flat mostly ask for the seventh; a dark minor vamp wants Bbm.

Bbm7 chord questions

Is Bbm7 the same as A#m7?

Yes. A sharp and B flat are the same pitch, so the chords are identical on the fretboard. Bbm7 is the usual spelling because the chord lives in flat keys like Ab and Db.

Can I barre Bbm7?

Yes. One index finger laid flat across all four strings at the 1st fret plays the same four notes as the four finger version, and most players find it quicker.

Why is the whole chord on one fret?

Because the ukulele's open strings already spell a minor seventh chord. Pressing every string at the same fret moves that chord up: fret 1 is Bbm7, fret 2 is Bm7, and so on.

What keys use Bbm7?

A flat major, where it is the ii chord, D flat major, where it is the vi, and its own key of B flat minor.