Explore
Play freely over a chord progression — no input evaluation, no scoring, just visually guided exploration with a few suggestions.
Chord progressions in B♭ minor in open voicings, on mandolin
Explore the Minor Scale
Explore aeolian tones over a looping chord progression in the minor key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
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What you’re practicing
Explore the Minor Scale
Explore aeolian tones over a looping chord progression in the minor key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
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On the mandolin: four courses in fifths, G D A E, the first twelve frets.
The chords of B♭ minor
B♭ minor — also spelled A♯ minor — is B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭. The chord on each degree: B♭m (i), C° (ii°), D♭ (III), E♭m (iv), Fm (v), G♭ (VI), A♭ (VII). The loop draws from the 6 you can rest on — B♭m, D♭, E♭m, Fm, G♭, A♭ — one or two chords with B♭m in front, or four from the progressions below. Every chord is also on the nest explorer, with its shapes.
Progressions in B♭ minor the loop plays — the app’s own table for the minor mode, spelled in this key:
- B♭m – A♭ (i–VII)
- B♭m – E♭m – Fm – B♭m (i–iv–v–i)
- B♭m – G♭ – D♭ – A♭ (i–VI–III–VII)
- B♭m – A♭ – G♭ – A♭ (i–VII–VI–VII)
- B♭m – E♭m – A♭ – D♭ (i–iv–VII–III)
- B♭m – A♭ – E♭m – Fm (i–VII–iv–v)
- B♭m – E♭m – Fm (i–iv–v)
- B♭m – A♭ – E♭m (i–VII–iv)
- G♭ – A♭ – B♭m (VI–VII–i)