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DADGAD tuning

Am7b5 on guitar

Am7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled A, C, Eb and G. In DADGAD tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 A3 D4) the easiest shape is x0103x, which sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteACEbG
Interval1P3m5d7m

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

A half-diminished, open position, capo 012
x0103xsits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr2
x05565sits at fret 5, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 5, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, open position, capo 0213
x05035sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 8, capo 08fr2134
x01081010sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr1
x01000xsits at fret 10, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, open position, capo 03124
x05235sits at fret 2, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr324
71078010sits at fret 7, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 7 and lets 1 string ring open
A half-diminished, position 13, capo 013fr12
x013015xsits at fret 13, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, position 6, capo 06fr2314
7070610sits at fret 6, spans 4 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
A half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr2143
x013121513sits at fret 12, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, open position, capo 0132
x01031sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr32
705565sits at fret 5, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 5 and lets 1 string ring open

Keys Am7b5 belongs to

Am7b5 is diatonic to 8 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Am7b5 in another tuning

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