Am7♭5 chord on 4-String Bass – Drop C

in Drop C (C-G-C-F) tuning

○121CAD#G
Am7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:A · C · D# · G
easybarre on fret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
AAACGD#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 2 3 2– 1 2 1C A D# Geasy · barre on fret 2
3 5 7 41 3 4 2D# C G Ahard
0 8 7 4– 3 2 1C D# G Ahard
9 8 7 74 3 1 2A D# G Cmedium
9 12 12 101 3 4 2A G C D#medium
3 2 0 23 1 – 2D# A C Geasy
7 5 3 44 3 1 2G C D# Ahard
7 8 0 42 3 – 1G D# C Ahard
7 8 9 71 2 3 1G D# A Cmedium · barre on fret 7
9 12 0 101 3 – 2A G C D#medium
0 0 3 4– – 1 2C G D# Aeasy
0 0 9 10– – 1 2C G A D#easy
3 0 0 41 – – 2D# G C Aeasy
9 0 0 101 – – 2A G C D#easy
12 12 9 103 4 1 2C G A D#medium
0 12 9 10– 3 1 2C G A D#medium

The Am7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes A, C, D#, G. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Bass – Drop C 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 Am7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10A
♭33C
♭56D#
♭710G

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Other roots

See Am7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the Am7♭5 chord?

Am7♭5 is a Half-Diminished 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.