What notes are in a Am7b5 chord?

Am7b5 is A, C, Eb, G: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of A.

How do you play Am7b5 on guitar?

5th String Root Voicing: x 0 1 0 1 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 5 x 5 5 4 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Am7b5?

Scales on A that contain every note of Am7b5: A Blues, A Locrian, A Altered, A Half-Whole Diminished, A Locrian Natural 2, A Locrian Natural 6.

Guitar chord · Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Am7b5 chord (A Half-Diminished (m7♭5))

Essential bridge chord on the ii degree of minor ii-V-I jazz progressions.

Notes ACEbG

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7

Shapes 2 on this page

Am7b5 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

5th String Root Voicing x 0 1 0 1 x

6th String Root Voicing 5 x 5 5 4 x

Interactive chord diagram

Am7b5 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Am7b5

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Am7b5 is the chord of the moment.

A Blues A Locrian A Altered A Half-Whole Diminished A Locrian Natural 2 A Locrian Natural 6 A Ukrainian Dorian A Dorian b5 A Lydian #2 #6 A Hungarian Major

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Questions

What notes are in a Am7b5 chord?: Am7b5 is A, C, Eb, G: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of A.
How do you play Am7b5 on guitar?: 5th String Root Voicing: x 0 1 0 1 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 5 x 5 5 4 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Am7b5?: Scales on A that contain every note of Am7b5: A Blues, A Locrian, A Altered, A Half-Whole Diminished, A Locrian Natural 2, A Locrian Natural 6.

Half-Diminished (m7♭5) chords in every key

Cm7b5 C#m7b5 Dm7b5 Ebm7b5 Em7b5 Fm7b5 F#m7b5 Gm7b5 Abm7b5 Am7b5 Bbm7b5 Bm7b5