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Emmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

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

Guitar

Strings 0–1–1–0–X–0

How to play the Emmaj7b5 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Emmaj7b5 chord

Other names: E minor major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: minor major seventh flat five chord

Common name: E minor major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Emmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
E Root
G Minor 3rd
Bb Diminished 5th
D# Major 7th

All variations

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

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys