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Drop D tuning

Em7b5 on guitar

Em7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled E, G, Bb and D. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 210030, which sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteEGBbD
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.

E half-diminished, open position, capo 0213
210030sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 01234
xx2333sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and mutes 2 strings
E half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr312
x70056sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 6, capo 06fr231
x70086sits at fret 6, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr23
x78780sits at fret 7, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 7, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, open position, capo 02314
055350sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr12
01000110sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 13, capo 013fr213
141300150sits at fret 13, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 9, capo 09fr213
01009110sits at fret 9, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 8, capo 08fr312
0108080sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 11, capo 011fr1
xx00110sits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
E half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr321
1413012xxsits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings

Keys Em7b5 belongs to

Em7b5 is diatonic to 8 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Em7b5 in another tuning

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