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Amaj7b5 Guitar Chord

An unusual "Lydian" chord with a major seventh and a lowered fifth. Occasionally found in progressive jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings X–0–1–1–2–4

How to play the Amaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–1–1–2–4 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Open
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · pinky

Other names for the Amaj7b5 chord

Other names: A major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: A major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Amaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
Eb Diminished 5th
G# Major 7th

All variations

Open
X–0–1–1–2–4
Open
X–0–1–2–2–4
Fret 5
5–6–6–6–X–X
Fret 7
X–0–7–8–9–9

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys