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Ammaj7b5 Guitar Chord

An extremely rare chord with a unique, dissonant sound. Found only in avant-garde jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings X–0–1–1–1–4

How to play the Ammaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–1–1–1–4 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 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · pinky

Other names for the Ammaj7b5 chord

Other names: A minor major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: minor major seventh flat five chord

Common name: A minor major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Ammaj7b5 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–0–1–1–1–4
Fret 5
5–6–6–5–X–5
Fret 7
X–X–7–8–9–8
Fret 11
11–12–13–13–13–X

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys