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F7b5 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 1–0–1–2–0–1

How to play the F7b5 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the F7b5 chord

Other names: F 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: F 7b5 chord

Notes and intervals in the F7b5 chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
Cb Diminished 5th
Eb Minor 7th

All variations

Open
1–0–1–2–0–1
Fret 3
X–X–3–4–4–5
Fret 6
X–X–7–8–6–7
Fret 8
X–8–9–8–10–X

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys