Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A7♭5A Dominant 7th Flat 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · E

How to play it

A7♭5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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).

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 x x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 0 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 2 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 2 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 x x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 x 0 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 2 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (4 3 2 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

A7♭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 Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 x x 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 0 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 2 x 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 2 0 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 x x 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 x 0 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 2 x 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (4 3 2 0 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How A7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgybluesyhazy

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5

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