Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

BM7♭5B Major 7th Flat 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

Etone

Atone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭7 · Notes A♯ · D · E · A

How to play it

BM7♭5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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).

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 x 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 6 6 4 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 x x 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 x x 6 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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 Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 1 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 1 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 x 2 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 6 6 4 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 x x 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

B Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 x x 6 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How BM7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · A

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭7

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