Am7♭5 chord on 6-String Guitar – All Fourths

in All Fourths (E-A-D-G-C-F) tuning · Also known as Perfect Fourths

Root

Type

Tuning

Am7♭5

Half-Diminished

Notes:A · C · D# · G

easy

Piano Left hand Right hand

Fingerings (16)

Am7♭5 shapes as text

Frets	Fingers	Notes	Difficulty
x 0 1 0 0 2	– – 1 – – 2	x A D# G C G	easy
5 3 x 2 3 2	4 2 – 1 3 1	A C x A D# G	hard · barre on fret 2
5 3 5 5 3 x	2 1 3 4 1 –	A C G C D# x	medium · barre on fret 3
5 6 5 0 0 4	2 4 3 – – 1	A D# G G C A	medium
5 6 5 5 7 7	1 2 1 1 3 4	A D# G C G C	medium · barre on fret 5
x 6 7 0 7 7	– 1 2 – 3 4	x D# A G G C	medium
8 0 7 8 7 7	2 – 1 3 1 1	C A A D# G C	easy · barre on fret 7
8 0 10 0 9 10	1 – 3 – 2 4	C A C G A D#	medium
x 0 10 0 9 10	– – 2 – 1 3	x A C G A D#	easy
11 0 10 12 12 10	2 – 1 3 4 1	D# A C G C D#	medium · barre on fret 10
11 0 x 12 12 x	1 – – 2 3 –	D# A x G C x	easy
x 0 1 2 0 2	– – 1 2 – 3	x A D# A C G	easy
3 3 x 2 3 2	2 3 – 1 4 1	G C x A D# G	hard · barre on fret 2
5 x 5 5 3 x	2 – 3 4 1 –	A x G C D# x	hard
5 6 7 0 0 4	2 3 4 – – 1	A D# A G C A	medium
5 6 5 5 0 x	1 2 1 1 – –	A D# G C C x	easy · barre on fret 5

Max fret: 12

Fingerings shown: 16

The Am7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes A, C, D#, G. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – All Fourths 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

Degree	Semitones	Note
1	0	A
♭3	3	C
♭5	6	D#
♭7	10	G

More A chords

A Am A7 A°A+A9 Amaj7 Am7 A7♯5 A7♭5 A6 Am6 A°7 Asus2 Asus4 Aadd9 Amaj9 Am9 A5

Other roots

Cm7♭5 C#m7♭5 Dm7♭5 D#m7♭5 Em7♭5 Fm7♭5 F#m7♭5 Gm7♭5 G#m7♭5 A#m7♭5 Bm7♭5

See Am7♭5 in another tuning

Standard E E-A-D-G-B-E Half Step Down (Eb) D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#Drop D D-A-D-G-B-E Open D D-A-D-F#-A-D Open G D-G-D-G-B-D DADGAD (D Modal) D-A-D-G-A-D All Fourths E-A-D-G-C-F

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.