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Fmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

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

Guitar

Strings 1–0–2–2–0–0

How to play the Fmaj7b5 chord on guitar

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

Notation for Fmaj7b5 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 Fmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
H Diminished 5th
E Major 7th

All Variations

Open
1–0–2–2–0–0
Fret 3
X–X–3–4–5–5
Fret 8
X–8–9–9–10–X
Fret 12
13–12–14–14–12–12

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Fmaj7b5

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