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F#maj7b5 Guitar Chord

An unusual "Lydian" chord with a major seventh and a lowered fifth. Occasionally found in progressive jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings 2–1–3–3–1–1

How to play the F#maj7b5 chord on guitar

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

Notation for F#maj7b5 chord

Other names: F# major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: F# major 7th flat 5 chord

Intervals and tones in F#maj7b5 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
C Diminished 5th
F Major 7th

All Variations

Open
2–1–3–3–1–1
Fret 4
X–X–4–5–6–6
Fret 8
X–9–8–10–11–8
Fret 9
X–9–10–10–11–X

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys