A7♭5 chord on 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE)

in Chicago (DGBE) tuning

1234D#AC#G
A7♭5
Dominant 7 ♭5
Notes:A · C# · D# · G
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
AAAGC#D#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
1 2 2 31 2 3 4D# A C# Gmedium
7 6 4 34 3 2 1A C# D# Ghard
5 6 4 52 4 1 3G C# D# Amedium
7 8 8 91 2 3 4A D# G C#medium
11 0 10 112 – 1 3C# G A D#easy
1 0 2 51 – 2 3D# G C# Ahard
11 12 10 112 4 1 3C# G A D#medium

The A7♭5 chord (Dominant 7 ♭5) is built from the notes A, C#, D#, G. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the A7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10A
34C#
♭56D#
♭710G

More A chords

Other roots

See A7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the A7♭5 chord?

A7♭5 is a Dominant 7 ♭5 chord built from the notes A, C#, D#, G.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.