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DADGAD tuning

Bm7b5 on guitar

Bm7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled B, D, F and A. In DADGAD tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 A3 D4) the easiest shape is x23200, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteBDFA
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.

B half-diminished, open position, capo 02
x23200sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, open position, capo 021
000403sits at fret 3, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 9, capo 09fr12
9001000sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr312
900780sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
B half-diminished, open position, capo 01
000400sits at fret 4, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 8, capo 08fr231
9001080sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 14, capo 014fr2
x14151400sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 14, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr231
x14014012sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr321
900750sits at fret 5, spans 4 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr21
x1401000sits at fret 10, spans 4 frets, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, open position, capo 02
x23220sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, open position, capo 0123
x20203sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string

Keys Bm7b5 belongs to

Bm7b5 is diatonic to 8 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

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