F#m7♭5 chord on 6-String Guitar – Plus 2 (F#)

in Plus 2 (F#) (F#-B-E-A-C#-F#) tuning

○○○○12F#CEAEF#
F#m7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:F# · A · C · E
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
ACEF#F#F#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 1 0 0 3 0– 1 – – 2 –F# C E A E F#medium
x x 2 3 3 3– – 1 2 3 4x x F# C E Amedium
x 7 5 3 3 3– 3 2 1 1 1x F# A C E Ahard · barre on fret 3
0 5 5 7 5 6– 1 1 3 1 2F# E A E F# Cmedium · barre on fret 5
0 7 0 7 8 6– 2 – 3 4 1F# F# E E A Cmedium
0 7 8 7 8 0– 1 2 1 3 –F# F# C E A F#easy · barre on fret 7
0 10 8 9 8 10– 3 1 2 1 4F# A C F# A Emedium · barre on fret 8
0 10 0 9 11 10– 2 – 1 4 3F# A E F# C Emedium
0 10 12 12 11 10– 1 3 4 2 1F# A E A C Emedium · barre on fret 10
0 x 12 12 11 12– – 2 3 1 4F# x E A C F#hard
0 1 0 0 3 3– 1 – – 2 3F# C E A E Amedium
3 x 2 3 3 x2 – 1 3 4 –A x F# C E xhard
x 7 5 3 3 x– 4 3 1 2 –x F# A C E xhard
0 7 5 7 5 6– 3 1 4 1 2F# F# A E F# Cmedium · barre on fret 5
0 7 0 0 8 6– 2 – – 3 1F# F# E A A Cmedium
x 7 8 7 8 0– 1 2 1 3 –x F# C E A F#easy · barre on fret 7

The F#m7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes F#, A, C, E. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Plus 2 (F#) 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.