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Open G tuning

Em7b5 on guitar

Em7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled E, G, Bb and D. In Open G tuning (D2 G2 D3 G3 B3 D4) the easiest shape is 200330, which sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

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 0123
200330sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 012
000350sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 01
000050sits at fret 5, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 8, capo 08fr2
x90088sits at fret 8, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 8, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr4123
x90788sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 9, capo 09fr12
x900110sits at fret 9, spans 2 frets, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 14, capo 014fr123
140015150sits at fret 14, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 11, capo 011fr21
14000110sits at fret 11, spans 3 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr2341
1400151512sits at fret 12, spans 3 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 0123
230030sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 023
232030sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 0123
20033xsits at fret 2, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string

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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