What notes are in a Ebm7b5 chord?

Ebm7b5 is Eb, Gb, A, Db: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of Eb.

How do you play Ebm7b5 on guitar?

5th String Root Voicing: x 6 7 6 7 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 11 x 11 11 10 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Ebm7b5 chord (Eb Half-Diminished (m7♭5))

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

Notes EbGbADb

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7

Shapes 2 on this page

Ebm7b5 chord shapes

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

5th String Root Voicing x 6 7 6 7 x

6th String Root Voicing 11 x 11 11 10 x

Interactive chord diagram

Ebm7b5 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 Ebm7b5

These scales start on Eb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Ebm7b5 is the chord of the moment.

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

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Questions

What notes are in a Ebm7b5 chord?: Ebm7b5 is Eb, Gb, A, Db: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of Eb.
How do you play Ebm7b5 on guitar?: 5th String Root Voicing: x 6 7 6 7 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 11 x 11 11 10 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Ebm7b5?: Scales on Eb that contain every note of Ebm7b5: Eb Blues, Eb Locrian, Eb Altered, Eb Half-Whole Diminished, Eb Locrian Natural 2, Eb 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