Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

FM7♭5F Major 7th Flat 5th

A♯Root
Dtone
Etone
Atone

Formula 4 · 6 · 7 · 3  ·  Notes A♯ · D · E · A

How to play it

FM7♭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).

F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 x x 2 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 2 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 2 x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 3 x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 4 x 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 0 x 4 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (1 x 2 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

FM7♭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.

F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x x 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 x x 2 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 2 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 2 x 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 3 x 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 4 x 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 0 x 4 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
F Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (1 x 2 2 0 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How FM7♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
etherealfloating
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · E · A
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 7 · 3
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