Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 — Open (x 0 1 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 5 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 5 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 5 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 5 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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 — Open (x 0 1 0 1 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 1 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 0 1 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 1 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 5 5 4 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 5 5 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 5 5 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 5 5 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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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