x 2 3 2 3 x
Bm7b5
B half-diminished (m7b5)
Notes: B · D · F · A
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Common shapes (3)
7 x 7 7 6 x
x x 9 10 10 10
Other shapes (35)
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x 2 0 2 0 1
7 0 0 7 6 x
7 0 0 10 0 x
7 0 0 7 6 7
x 2 0 2 3 1
7 0 0 4 6 x
7 0 0 7 6 5
7 0 0 10 0 7
7 0 0 10 0 10
7 0 7 7 6 x
7 0 0 4 6 5
7 0 0 4 6 7
About Bm7b5
Bm7b5 is built from four notes: B (root), D (minor third), F (diminished fifth) and A (minor seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – b3 – b5 – b7. It is the chord on the seventh degree of the major scale (viiø7) and the usual chord on the second degree of minor progressions in jazz (iiø7, V7, i).
Bm7b5 has 3 common voicings, based on the A, E and D shapes of the CAGED system. There are 35 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches.