Guitar chord · Half-Diminished (m7♭5)
Bm7b5 chord (B Half-Diminished (m7♭5))
Essential bridge chord on the ii degree of minor ii-V-I jazz progressions.
Notes BDFA
Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7
Shapes 2 on this page
Bm7b5 chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, B.
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 Bm7b5 chord?
- Bm7b5 is B, D, F, A: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of B.
- How do you play Bm7b5 on guitar?
- 5th String Root Voicing: x 2 3 2 3 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 7 x 7 7 6 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).