Bm7♭5 chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop A

in Drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B) tuning

○○○213BFADAB
Bm7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:B · D · F · A
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
BBBDFA
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 1 0 0 3 02 1 – – 3 –B F A D A Bmedium
x x 2 3 3 3– – 1 2 3 4x x B F A Dmedium
x 7 5 3 3 3– 3 2 1 1 1x B D F A Dhard · barre on fret 3
x 7 5 7 5 6– 3 1 4 1 2x B D A B Fmedium · barre on fret 5
x 7 x 7 8 6– 2 – 3 4 1x B x A D Fhard
x 7 8 7 8 0– 1 2 1 3 –x B F A D Beasy · barre on fret 7
8 10 8 9 8 101 3 1 2 1 4F D F B D Amedium · barre on fret 8
0 10 0 9 11 10– 2 – 1 4 3A D A B F Amedium
0 10 0 12 11 12– 1 – 3 2 4A D A D F Bmedium
x x 12 12 11 12– – 2 3 1 4x x A D F Bmedium
2 1 0 0 3 32 1 – – 3 4B F A D A Dmedium
2 5 5 3 x x1 3 4 2 – –B A D F x xmedium
x 7 5 3 3 x– 4 3 1 2 –x B D F A xhard
x 7 5 7 x 6– 3 1 4 – 2x B D A x Fhard
0 7 0 7 8 6– 2 – 3 4 1A B A A D Fmedium
x 7 8 7 8 x– 1 2 1 3 –x B F A D xeasy · barre on fret 7

The Bm7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes B, D, F, A. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop A 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

More B chords

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.