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Open G tuning

Am7b5 on guitar

Am7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled A, C, Eb and G. In Open G tuning (D2 G2 D3 G3 B3 D4) the easiest shape is x21011, which sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string. 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 04123
x21011sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, open position, capo 01342
x2554xsits at fret 2, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, position 4, capo 04fr4231
70554xsits at fret 4, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr234
755885sits at fret 5 and needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 5
A half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr234
7870810sits at fret 7, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 7 and lets 1 string ring open
A half-diminished, position 13, capo 013fr4123
x141301313sits at fret 13, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string 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 12, capo 012fr4213
x14131213xsits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr1234
1001001010sits at fret 10, needs no stretch at all and lets 2 strings ring open
A half-diminished, open position, capo 0312
x2101xsits at fret 1, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
A half-diminished, open position, capo 02
x01211sits at fret 1, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 1, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A half-diminished, open position, capo 01243
10121xsits at fret 1, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string

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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