CHORD REFERENCE

Am7♭5

A – C – E♭ – G1 b3 b5 b7

The A Half-Diminished chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
A1Cb3E♭b5Gb7

Am7♭5 is A, C, Eb, G — the 1, b3, b5 and b7 above the root A.

Piano
ACGE♭
Guitar

Ways to play it

A-shape (open strings)
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Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eGACE♭BCE♭GAGGACE♭GDE♭GACAACE♭GAEGACE♭

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AACE♭GAEGACE♭CCE♭GACGGACE♭G

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only A, C, Eb, G plays the chord.

In which keys

Am7♭5 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

vii°B♭ majorii°G minor
Other A chords

Triads

AMajorAmMinorA5Power Chord (5)AdimDiminishedAaugAugmentedAsus2Suspended 2ndAsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

A6Major 6thAm6Minor 6thA7Dominant 7thAmaj7Major 7thAm7Minor 7thAm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thAdim7Diminished 7thA7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

A7♭57♭5A7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)A7♭97♭9A7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Aadd9Added 9thA6/96/9A9Dominant 9thAmaj9Major 9thAm9Minor 9thA11Dominant 11thA13Dominant 13th
Half-Diminished on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
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