B♭m7♭5
Half-dim · B♭ – D♭ – F♭ – A♭
- B♭R
- D♭m3
- F♭♭5
- A♭♭7
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the B♭m7♭5 chord
The B♭m7♭5 chord (half-dim) is made up of 4 notes — B♭ is the root, D♭ the minor third, F♭ the diminished fifth and A♭ the minor seventh. It is a diminished triad topped with a minor seventh, which is why it is also called half-diminished.
On guitar, B♭m7♭5 chords sit higher up the neck: 646354, around the 3rd fret. All six strings sound. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.
Half-diminished chords are moody and jazzy — most often the ii chord in a minor key.
Common questions
- What notes are in the B♭m7♭5 chord?
- The B♭m7♭5 chord contains the notes B♭, D♭, F♭ and A♭.
- How do you play B♭m7♭5 on guitar?
- A common shape is 646354. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the B♭m7♭5 chord?
- The B♭m7♭5 chord is built from the root (B♭), a minor third (D♭), a diminished fifth (F♭) and a minor seventh (A♭).
- Is B♭m7♭5 the same as A♯m7♭5?
- Yes — B♭ and A♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so B♭m7♭5 and A♯m7♭5 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it B♭m7♭5.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open B♭m7♭5 in the finder to hear it on guitar and piano and browse every playable voicing side by side. Or switch to Name my chord — tap frets or keys and MobileChords identifies the chord you're playing, inversions and slash chords included.