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Ebm7b5 Guitar Chord

A key chord of minor jazz. Occurs naturally as the ii chord in minor keys (in ii–V–i progressions). Less tense than the fully diminished seventh chord.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–2–2–2

How to play the Ebm7b5 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Ebm7b5 chord

Other names: Eb minor 7th flat 5, Eb half-diminished, Ebø7, Ebm7♭5

Music theory name: half-diminished seventh chord

Common name: Eb half-diminished chord

Notes and intervals in the Ebm7b5 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
Gb Minor 3rd
A Diminished 5th
Db Minor 7th

All variations

Open
X–X–1–2–2–2
Fret 6
X–6–7–6–7–X
Fret 7
X–X–7–8–7–9
Fret 10
11–X–11–11–10–X

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys