B7♭5 chord on 5-String Banjo – Open C (gCGCE)

in Open C (gCGCE) tuning

✕2431ABD#F
B7♭5
Dominant 7 ♭5
Notes:B · D# · F · A
hard
Piano Left hand Right hand
BBBFAD#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 x 4 3 12 – 4 3 1A x B D# Fhard
2 3 4 5 x1 2 3 4 –A D# B F xmedium
x 3 4 5 5– 1 2 3 4x D# B F Amedium
8 x 4 5 54 – 1 2 3D# x B F Ahard
x 5 8 9 7– 1 3 4 2x F D# A Bhard
8 x 10 9 72 – 4 3 1D# x F A Bhard
8 11 10 9 x1 4 3 2 –D# B F A xmedium
x 11 10 9 11– 3 2 1 4x B F A D#medium
2 3 4 x 12 3 4 – 1A D# B x Fhard
2 5 4 3 x1 4 3 2 –A F B D# xmedium
x 5 4 3 5– 3 2 1 4x F B D# Amedium
4 x 8 5 51 – 4 2 3B x D# F Ahard
x 9 8 5 7– 4 3 1 2x A D# F Bhard
8 9 10 x 72 3 4 – 1D# A F x Bhard
10 11 8 9 x3 4 1 2 –F B D# A xmedium
10 11 x 9 112 3 – 1 4F B x A D#hard

The B7♭5 chord (Dominant 7 ♭5) is built from the notes B, D#, F, A. Below are playable fingerings for 5-String Banjo – Open C (gCGCE) 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 B7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10B
34D#
♭56F
♭710A

More B chords

Other roots

See B7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the B7♭5 chord?

B7♭5 is a Dominant 7 ♭5 chord built from the notes B, D#, F, A.

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.