Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Am7♭5A Minor 7th Flat 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Etone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · E

How to play it

Am7♭5 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 5 7 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 x 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (18 17 17 16 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (18 17 17 19 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 17 x 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Am7♭5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 5 4 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 5 7 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 x 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 7 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 7 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (18 17 17 16 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (18 17 17 19 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 17 x 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Am7♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
melancholyanxiousyearning
Genres
jazzclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5
Same notes asAø7
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