F#m7♭5 chord on 6-String Guitar – EADF#BE

in EADF#BE tuning

○○○231F#AEF#CE
F#m7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C · E
easy
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACEF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 0 2 0 1 02 – 3 – 1 –F# A E F# C Eeasy
2 3 2 3 x x1 2 1 3 – –F# C E A x xeasy · barre on fret 2
x 3 4 3 5 5– 1 2 1 3 4x C F# A E Amedium · barre on fret 3
x x 4 6 5 5– – 1 4 2 3x x F# C E Amedium
x x 7 0 5 8– – 2 – 1 3x x A F# E Cmedium
x 9 7 6 7 0– 4 2 1 3 –x F# A C F# Emedium
x 9 7 10 7 8– 3 1 4 1 2x F# A E F# Cmedium · barre on fret 7
x 9 x 10 10 8– 2 – 3 4 1x F# x E A Chard
x 9 10 10 10 0– 1 2 3 4 –x F# C E A Emedium
x x 10 0 10 0– – 1 – 2 –x x C F# A Eeasy
2 0 2 0 1 22 – 3 – 1 4F# A E F# C F#medium
2 3 2 3 5 21 2 1 3 4 1F# C E A E F#medium · barre on fret 2
5 3 4 3 5 x3 1 2 1 4 –A C F# A E xmedium · barre on fret 3
0 0 4 6 5 0– – 1 3 2 –E A F# C E Emedium
x 9 7 0 5 8– 4 2 – 1 3x F# A F# E Chard
x 9 7 6 10 0– 3 2 1 4 –x F# A C A Ehard

The F#m7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes F#, A, C, E. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – EADF#BE 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 F#m7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10F#
♭33A
♭56C
♭710E

More F# chords

Other roots

See F#m7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the F#m7♭5 chord?

F#m7♭5 is a Half-Diminished chord built from the notes F#, A, C, E.

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.