CHORD REFERENCE

G♯7♭5

G♯ – B♯ – D – F♯1 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
G♯1B♯3Db5F♯b7

G♯7♭5 is G#, B#, D, F# — the 1, 3, b5 and b7 above the root G♯.

Piano
B♯DG♯F♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯G♯B♯DBB♯DF♯G♯GG♯B♯DF♯DDF♯G♯B♯DAB♯DF♯G♯EF♯G♯B♯D

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)

357912AB♯DF♯G♯EF♯G♯B♯DCB♯DF♯G♯B♯GG♯B♯DF♯

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

In which keys

G♯7♭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

G♯MajorG♯mMinorG♯5Power Chord (5)G♯dimDiminishedG♯augAugmentedG♯sus2Suspended 2ndG♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

G♯6Major 6thG♯m6Minor 6thG♯7Dominant 7thG♯maj7Major 7thG♯m7Minor 7thG♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thG♯dim7Diminished 7thG♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)G♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

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

Extended & added

G♯add9Added 9thG♯6/96/9G♯9Dominant 9thG♯maj9Major 9thG♯m9Minor 9thG♯11Dominant 11thG♯13Dominant 13th
7♭5 on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

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