G7♭5 chord on 5-String Banjo – Open C (gCGCE)

in Open C (gCGCE) tuning

✕○312BGC#F
G7♭5
Dominant 7 ♭5
Notes:G · B · C# · F
hard
Piano Left hand Right hand
GGGBFC#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
4 x 0 1 13 – – 1 2B x G C# Fhard
4 x 6 5 32 – 4 3 1B x C# F Ghard
4 7 6 5 x1 4 3 2 –B G C# F xmedium
0 7 6 5 7– 3 2 1 4G G C# F Bmedium
6 7 10 x 71 2 4 – 3C# G F x Bhard
0 7 10 11 9– 1 3 4 2G G F B C#hard
10 11 0 11 92 3 – 4 1F B G B C#medium
0 1 4 1 1– 1 2 1 1G C# B C# Fmedium · barre on fret 1
4 5 6 x 32 3 4 – 1B F C# x Ghard
6 7 4 5 x3 4 1 2 –C# G B F xmedium
6 7 0 5 72 3 – 1 4C# G G F Bmedium
10 7 6 x 74 2 1 – 3F G C# x Bhard
10 7 0 11 93 1 – 4 2F G G B C#hard
10 x 0 11 92 – – 3 1F x G B C#hard
4 1 0 1 14 1 – 2 3B C# G C# Fmedium
6 x 4 5 34 – 2 3 1C# x B F Ghard

The G7♭5 chord (Dominant 7 ♭5) is built from the notes G, B, C#, F. 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 G7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10G
34B
♭56C#
♭710F

More G chords

Other roots

See G7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the G7♭5 chord?

G7♭5 is a Dominant 7 ♭5 chord built from the notes G, B, C#, F.

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.