What notes are in a Am9b5 chord?

Am9b5 is A, C, Eb, G, B: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7, 9 of A.

How do you play Am9b5 on guitar?

6th String Root: 5 3 5 4 4 3; 5th String Root: x 12 10 12 12 11 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Am9b5?

Scales on A that contain every note of Am9b5: A Locrian Natural 2, A Ukrainian Dorian, A Dorian b5.

Guitar chord · Minor 9b5

Am9b5 chord (A Minor 9b5)

Half-diminished 7th with the 9th: it fits the Locrian ♮2 scale and often serves as the ii chord of a minor ii-V-I.

Notes ACEbGB

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9

Shapes 2 on this page

Am9b5 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.

6th String Root 5 3 5 4 4 3

5th String Root x 12 10 12 12 11

Interactive chord diagram

Am9b5 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 ✕

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Scales to play over Am9b5

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Am9b5 is the chord of the moment.

A Locrian Natural 2 A Ukrainian Dorian A Dorian b5

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Questions

What notes are in a Am9b5 chord?: Am9b5 is A, C, Eb, G, B: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7, 9 of A.
How do you play Am9b5 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 5 3 5 4 4 3; 5th String Root: x 12 10 12 12 11 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Am9b5?: Scales on A that contain every note of Am9b5: A Locrian Natural 2, A Ukrainian Dorian, A Dorian b5.

Minor 9b5 chords in every key

Cm9b5 C#m9b5 Dm9b5 Ebm9b5 Em9b5 Fm9b5 F#m9b5 Gm9b5 Abm9b5 Am9b5 Bbm9b5 Bm9b5