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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–1–2–2–3–X

How to play the Bmaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–2–2–3–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) Do not play
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 3 · little finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for 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

Intervals and tones in Bmaj7b5 chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–1–2–2–3–X
Fret 5
6–5–7–7–5–5
Fret 6
6–7–7–7–X–0
Fret 8
X–X–8–9–10–10

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys