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Guitar chord · Minor 7#5

Bm7#5 chord (B Minor 7#5)

Minor 7th with a raised 5th: an unusual, tense minor colour.

Notes BDGA
Formula 1 ♭3 ♯5 ♭7
Shapes 2 on this page

Bm7#5 chord shapes

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

6th String Root 7 x 7 7 8 x
5th String Root x 2 x 2 3 3

Interactive chord diagram

Bm7#5 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 Bm7#5

These scales start on B and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bm7#5 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Bm7#5 chord?
Bm7#5 is B, D, G, A: the 1, ♭3, ♯5, ♭7 of B.
How do you play Bm7#5 on guitar?
6th String Root: 7 x 7 7 8 x; 5th String Root: x 2 x 2 3 3 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Bm7#5?
Scales on B that contain every note of Bm7#5: B Minor, B Phrygian, B Locrian, B Altered, B Locrian Natural 2, B Phrygian b4.

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