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Bmaj7b5 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–2–3–3–4–X

How to play the Bmaj7b5 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Bmaj7b5 chord

Other names: B major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: B major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D# Major 3rd
F Diminished 5th
A# Major 7th

All variations

Open
X–2–3–3–4–X
Fret 6
7–6–8–8–6–6
Fret 7
7–8–8–8–0–X
Fret 9
X–X–9–10–11–11

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys