3 x 3 3 2 x
Gm7b5
G half-diminished (m7b5)
Notes: G · Bb · Db · F
Triads
Suspended
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Extensions
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Common shapes (3)
x x 5 6 6 6
x 10 11 10 11 x
Other shapes (14)
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3 1 3 0 2 x
3 4 3 3 x x
3 1 x 0 2 1
3 4 3 0 x 6
3 4 x 0 6 6
3 4 x 3 6 x
3 4 3 0 6 6
3 4 3 3 6 3
3 4 5 3 6 3
3 4 3 3 6 6
x 10 8 10 x 9
x 10 x 10 11 9
About Gm7b5
The notes of Gm7b5 are G (root), Bb (minor third), Db (diminished fifth) and F (minor seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – b3 – b5 – b7. It is a half-diminished chord (m7b5): a diminished triad with a minor seventh, dark and tense but less unstable than the fully diminished chord.
Gm7b5 has 3 common voicings, based on the E, D and A shapes of the CAGED system. There are 14 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches.