Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 0 1 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 x 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 6 6 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 x x 4 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 x x 6 4 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
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 0 1 1 2 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 2 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 1 2 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 2 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 x 2 4 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 6 6 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 x x 4 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 x x 6 4 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
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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