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Standard tuning

Bm7b5 on guitar

Bm7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled B, D, F and A. In Standard tuning (E2 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 14.

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, position 6, capo 06fr2314
700767sits at fret 6, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
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 5, capo 05fr3421
700765sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr2
78770xsits at fret 7, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 7, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 4, capo 04fr4132
700465sits at fret 4, spans 3 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
B half-diminished, open position, capo 02
x0343xsits at fret 3, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 3, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
B half-diminished, position 9, capo 09fr1234
xx9101010sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and mutes 2 strings
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 10, capo 010fr123
100010010sits at fret 10, needs no stretch at all and lets 3 strings ring open
B half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr3412
x140141213sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
B half-diminished, position 14, capo 014fr23
x14151415xsits at fret 14, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 14 and mutes 2 strings

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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