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Gmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

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

Guitar

Strings 3–2–4–4–2–2

How to play the Gmaj7b5 chord on guitar

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

Notation for Gmaj7b5 chord

Other names: G major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: G major 7th flat 5 chord

Intervals and tones in Gmaj7b5 chord

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

All Variations

Open
3–2–4–4–2–2
Open
3–4–4–4–X–X
Fret 5
X–X–5–6–7–7
Fret 10
X–10–11–11–12–X

More chords with G as the root

The same chord type in other keys