Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Bm7♭5B Minor 7th Flat 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

Bm7♭5 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1, 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).

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 x 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 11 8) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Bm7♭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.

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 x 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 11 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 8 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 11 8) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Bm7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

melancholyanxiousyearning

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 4 · 6

Same notes asBø7

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