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E7b5 Guitar Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone replacing the perfect fifth. Often serves as a tritone substitution in jazz progressions — replacing the classic dominant seventh chord.

Guitar

Strings 0–1–0–1–3–0

How to play the E7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–1–0–1–3–0 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) Play open
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · little finger
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for E7b5 chord

Other names: E 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: E 7b5 chord

Intervals and tones in E7b5 chord

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

All Variations

Open
0–1–0–1–3–0
Open
X–X–2–3–3–4
Fret 5
X–X–6–7–5–6
Fret 7
X–7–8–7–9–X

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys