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Drop D tuning

Am7b5 on guitar

Am7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled A, C, Eb and G. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x0101x, which sits at fret 1, needs no stretch at all, 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
x0101xsits at fret 1, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, open position, capo 02314
x05545sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, open position, capo 03421
x05543sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr1234
x07888sits at fret 7, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, open position, capo 0
x055xxsits at fret 5, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 5, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
A half-diminished, position 8, capo 08fr2
x010888sits at fret 8, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 8, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr123
x01001011sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 11, capo 011fr231
x01301311sits at fret 11, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr213
x0131213xsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, position 6, capo 06fr1234
x67088sits at fret 6, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 13, capo 013fr12
x013013xsits at fret 13, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, open position, capo 02413
x3524xsits at fret 2, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings

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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