CHORD REFERENCE

Fm7♭5

F – A♭ – C♭ – E♭1 b3 b5 b7

The F 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
F1A♭b3C♭b5E♭b7

Fm7♭5 is F, Ab, Cb, Eb — the 1, b3, b5 and b7 above the root F.

Piano
FC♭A♭E♭
Guitar

Ways to play it

A-shape barre — 8th fret
8fr××

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFA♭C♭E♭BC♭E♭FA♭C♭GA♭C♭E♭FDE♭FA♭C♭AC♭E♭FA♭EFA♭C♭E♭

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)

357912AC♭E♭FA♭EFA♭C♭E♭CE♭FA♭C♭GA♭C♭E♭F

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only F, Ab, Cb, Eb plays the chord.

In which keys

Fm7♭5 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

vii°F♯ majorii°E♭ minor
Other F chords

Triads

FMajorFmMinorF5Power Chord (5)FdimDiminishedFaugAugmentedFsus2Suspended 2ndFsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F6Major 6thFm6Minor 6thF7Dominant 7thFmaj7Major 7thFm7Minor 7thFm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thFdim7Diminished 7thF7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F7♭57♭5F7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)F7♭97♭9F7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Fadd9Added 9thF6/96/9F9Dominant 9thFmaj9Major 9thFm9Minor 9thF11Dominant 11thF13Dominant 13th
Half-Diminished on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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