Bm7♭5 chord on 5-String Bass – High C (EADGC)

in High C (EADGC) tuning

✕○2123BDAF
Bm7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:B · D · F · A
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Piano Left hand Right hand
BBBDFA
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 2 0 2 5– 1 – 2 3x B D A Fmedium
x 2 3 2 2– 1 2 1 1x B F A Deasy · barre on fret 2
5 5 3 4 x3 4 1 2 –A D F B xmedium
5 0 0 4 52 – – 1 3A A D B Feasy
7 5 7 7 52 1 3 4 1B D A D Fmedium · barre on fret 5
7 8 7 7 x1 2 1 1 –B F A D xeasy · barre on fret 7
10 8 9 x 94 1 2 – 3D F B x Ahard
10 0 9 10 92 – 1 3 1D A B F Aeasy · barre on fret 9
10 12 12 10 111 3 4 1 2D A D F Bmedium · barre on fret 10
1 2 0 2 21 2 – 3 4F B D A Dmedium
5 2 3 2 23 1 2 1 1A B F A Dmedium · barre on fret 2
5 5 0 4 52 3 – 1 4A D D B Fmedium
7 x 7 7 52 – 3 4 1B x A D Fhard
7 8 7 7 91 2 1 1 3B F A D Amedium · barre on fret 7
10 0 9 10 x2 – 1 3 –D A B F xeasy
10 0 0 10 111 – – 2 3D A D F Beasy

The Bm7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes B, D, F, A. Below are playable fingerings for 5-String Bass – High C (EADGC) 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 Bm7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10B
♭33D
♭56F
♭710A

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Other roots

See Bm7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the Bm7♭5 chord?

Bm7♭5 is a Half-Diminished 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.