Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

G7♭5G Dominant 7th Flat 5th

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Formula 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes D · F♯ · G♯ · C

How to play it

G7♭5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

G7♭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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How G7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgybluesyhazy

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4

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