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Fm7b5 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 1–X–1–1–0–X

How to play the Fm7b5 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Fm7b5 chord

Other names: F minor 7th flat 5, F half-diminished, Fø7, Fm7♭5

Music theory name: half-diminished seventh chord

Common name: F half-diminished chord

Notes and intervals in the Fm7b5 chord

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

All variations

Open
1–X–1–1–0–X
Open
X–X–3–4–4–4
Fret 8
X–8–9–8–9–X
Fret 11
13–11–13–13–0–X

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Fm7b5

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