Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Fm7♭5F Minor 7th Flat 5th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3  ·  Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

Fm7♭5 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · 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).

F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 3 3) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 x 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 15 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 12 15) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 15 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Fm7♭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.

F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 0 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 3 3) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 x 15) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 15 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 12 15) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
F Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 15 12) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Fm7♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
melancholyanxiousyearning
Genres
jazzclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3
Same notes asFø7
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Fm7♭5 in other tunings:

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