What notes are in a Em7b5 chord?

Em7b5 is E, G, Bb, D: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of E.

How do you play Em7b5 on guitar?

5th String Root Voicing: x 7 8 7 8 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 12 x 12 12 11 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Em7b5?

Scales on E that contain every note of Em7b5: E Blues, E Locrian, E Altered, E Half-Whole Diminished, E Locrian Natural 2, E Locrian Natural 6.

Guitar chord · Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Em7b5 chord (E Half-Diminished (m7♭5))

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

Notes EGBbD

Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7

Shapes 2 on this page

Em7b5 chord shapes

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

5th String Root Voicing x 7 8 7 8 x

6th String Root Voicing 12 x 12 12 11 x

Interactive chord diagram

Em7b5 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 Em7b5

These scales start on E and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Em7b5 is the chord of the moment.

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

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Questions

What notes are in a Em7b5 chord?: Em7b5 is E, G, Bb, D: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of E.
How do you play Em7b5 on guitar?: 5th String Root Voicing: x 7 8 7 8 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 12 x 12 12 11 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Em7b5?: Scales on E that contain every note of Em7b5: E Blues, E Locrian, E Altered, E Half-Whole Diminished, E Locrian Natural 2, E 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