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H7b5 Piano Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone replacing the perfect fifth. Often serves as a tritone substitution in jazz progressions — replacing the classic dominant seventh chord.

Piano

Recommended voicing
B3 · Eb4 · F4 · A4

How to play the H7b5 chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: B3, Eb4, F4 and A4. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Notation for H7b5 chord

Other names: H 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: H 7b5 chord

Intervals and tones in H7b5 chord

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

Inversions

1st inversion
Eb4 · F4 · A4 · B4
2nd inversion
F4 · A4 · B4 · Eb5

More chords with H as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using H7b5

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