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Drop D tuning

Bm7b5 on guitar

Bm7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled B, D, F and A. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x20201, which sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

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 0231
x20201sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, open position, capo 023
x2323xsits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and mutes 2 strings
B half-diminished, position 9, capo 09fr123
90010010sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
B half-diminished, open position, capo 012
00340xsits at fret 3, spans 1 fret, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 6, capo 06fr213
000767sits at fret 6, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
B half-diminished, open position, capo 012
000405sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr32
98770xsits at fret 7, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 7, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 8, capo 08fr2134
9801010xsits at fret 8, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr1
000100xsits at fret 10, needs no stretch at all, lets 4 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr21
000705sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 13, capo 013fr231
x14014013sits at fret 13, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr3412
x140141213sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string 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.

Bm7b5 in another tuning

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