CHORD REFERENCE

G7♭5

G – B – D♭ – F1 3 b5 b7

The G 7♭5 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
G1B3D♭b5Fb7

G7♭5 is G, B, Db, F — the 1, 3, b5 and b7 above the root G.

Piano
GBFD♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFGBD♭BBD♭FGBGGBD♭FGDFGBD♭ABD♭FGEFGBD♭

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912ABD♭FGEFGBD♭CD♭FGBGGBD♭FG

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only G, B, Db, F plays the chord.

In which keys

G7♭5 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other G chords

Triads

GMajorGmMinorG5Power Chord (5)GdimDiminishedGaugAugmentedGsus2Suspended 2ndGsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

G6Major 6thGm6Minor 6thG7Dominant 7thGmaj7Major 7thGm7Minor 7thGm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thGdim7Diminished 7thGm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)G7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

G7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)G7♭97♭9G7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Gadd9Added 9thG6/96/9G9Dominant 9thGmaj9Major 9thGm9Minor 9thG11Dominant 11thG13Dominant 13th
7♭5 on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

Work out the chords of a whole key with the Scale & Chord Finder, name a chord from its notes with the Chord Identifier, or browse every chord tool. The theory behind how chords are built is in the free Cloud Atelier music guides.