CHORD REFERENCE

Gm7♭5

G – B♭ – D♭ – F1 b3 b5 b7

The G 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
G1B♭b3D♭b5Fb7

Gm7♭5 is G, Bb, Db, F — the 1, b3, b5 and b7 above the root G.

Piano
GFB♭D♭
Guitar

Ways to play it

A-shape barre — 10th fret
10fr××

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFGB♭D♭BD♭FGB♭GGB♭D♭FGDFGB♭D♭AB♭D♭FGEFGB♭D♭

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)

357912AB♭D♭FGEFGB♭D♭CD♭FGB♭GGB♭D♭FG

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

In which keys

Gm7♭5 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

vii°A♭ majorii°F minor
Other G chords

Triads

GMajorGmMinorG5Power Chord (5)GdimDiminishedGaugAugmentedGsus2Suspended 2ndGsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

G6Major 6thGm6Minor 6thG7Dominant 7thGmaj7Major 7thGm7Minor 7thGm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thGdim7Diminished 7thG7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

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

Extended & added

Gadd9Added 9thG6/96/9G9Dominant 9thGmaj9Major 9thGm9Minor 9thG11Dominant 11thG13Dominant 13th
Half-Diminished on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
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