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

AM7♭5A Major 7th Flat 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Ctone

Ftone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · F

How to play it

AM7♭5 fingering positions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How AM7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · F

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6

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