The piano keyboard below contains the notes of the Bb natural minor scale.

This step shows the scale note names that will be used to construct all 7th chords that harmonize with those scale notes. The half-diminished symbol ' ø' is placed after the roman numerals to indicate this is a half-diminished 7th chord.Ĭhord names for B-flat minor chord 2 Chord positionĬ half-diminished 7th chord in root positionĬ half-diminished 7th chord in 1st inversionĬ half-diminished 7th chord in 2nd inversionĬ half-diminished 7th chord in 3rd inversion Just like a minor chord, the half-diminished 7th chord is constructed using a minor third interval, so the roman numeral is shown in lower case. The roman numeral for number 2 is ' ii', and is used to indicate this is the 2nd chord in the scale. This supertonic 7th chords root / starting note is the 2nd note (or scale degree) of the Bb natural minor scale. The B-flat minor chord ii ø 7 is the C half-dim7 chord, and contains the notes C, Eb, Gb, and Bb. This step shows the supertonic 7th chord of the B-flat minor scale.

B flat minor 7