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Guitar chord · Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Am7b5 chord (A Half-Diminished (m7♭5))

Essential bridge chord on the ii degree of minor ii-V-I jazz progressions.

Notes ACEbG
Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7
Shapes 2 on this page

Am7b5 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

5th String Root Voicing x 0 1 0 1 x
6th String Root Voicing 5 x 5 5 4 x

Interactive chord diagram

Am7b5 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E

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Questions

What notes are in a Am7b5 chord?
Am7b5 is A, C, Eb, G: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of A.
How do you play Am7b5 on guitar?
5th String Root Voicing: x 0 1 0 1 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 5 x 5 5 4 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

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