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Bbmmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

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

Guitar

Strings X–1–2–2–2–0

How to play the Bbmmaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–2–2–2–0 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) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · pinky
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the Bbmmaj7b5 chord

Other names: Bb minor major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: minor major seventh flat five chord

Common name: Bb minor major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bbmmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
Db Minor 3rd
Fb Diminished 5th
A Major 7th

All variations

Open
X–1–2–2–2–0
Fret 5
6–7–X–6–5–5
Fret 6
6–7–7–6–X–6
Fret 8
X–X–8–9–10–9

More chords with Bb as the root

The same chord type in other keys