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Hmmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

An extremely rare chord with a unique, dissonant sound. Found only in avant-garde jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings X–2–3–3–3–X

How to play the Hmmaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–3–3–3–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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 2 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · little finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for Hmmaj7b5 chord

Other names: H minor major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: minor major seventh flat five chord

Common name: H minor major 7th flat 5 chord

Intervals and tones in Hmmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
H Root
D Minor 3rd
F Diminished 5th
B Major 7th

All Variations

Open
X–2–3–3–3–X
Fret 6
7–8–X–7–6–6
Fret 7
7–8–8–7–X–7
Fret 9
X–X–9–10–11–10

More chords with H as the root

The same chord type in other keys