What notes are in a Bbm7b5 chord?

Bbm7b5 is Bb, Db, Fb, Ab: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of Bb.

How do you play Bbm7b5 on guitar?

5th String Root Voicing: x 1 2 1 2 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 6 x 6 6 5 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Bbm7b5 chord (Bb Half-Diminished (m7♭5))

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

Notes BbDbFbAb

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7

Shapes 2 on this page

Bbm7b5 chord shapes

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

5th String Root Voicing x 1 2 1 2 x

6th String Root Voicing 6 x 6 6 5 x

Interactive chord diagram

Bbm7b5 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 ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

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Questions

What notes are in a Bbm7b5 chord?: Bbm7b5 is Bb, Db, Fb, Ab: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of Bb.
How do you play Bbm7b5 on guitar?: 5th String Root Voicing: x 1 2 1 2 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 6 x 6 6 5 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Half-Diminished (m7♭5) chords in every key

Cm7b5 C#m7b5 Dm7b5 Ebm7b5 Em7b5 Fm7b5 F#m7b5 Gm7b5 Abm7b5 Am7b5 Bbm7b5 Bm7b5

More Bb chords

Bb Bbm Bbdim Bb5 Bb7 Bbmaj7 Bbm7 Bbm(maj7) Bbmaj9 Bb9 Bbm9 Bbm11 Bb6 Bbm6 Bbadd9 Bbsus4 Bbsus2 Bb7sus4 Bb7#9 Bbaug Bbmaj7#5 Bbdim7