A#m7♭5 chord on 6-String Guitar – Whole Step Down (D)

in Whole Step Down (D) (D-G-C-F-A-D) tuning · Also known as D Standard

✕31412A#C#G#A#E
A#m7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:A# · C# · E · G#
mediumbarre on fret 1
Piano Left hand Right hand
EA#A#A#C#G#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 3 1 3 1 2– 3 1 4 1 2x A# C# G# A# Emedium · barre on fret 1
x 3 x 3 4 2– 2 – 3 4 1x A# x G# C# Ehard
x 3 4 3 4 x– 1 2 1 3 –x A# E G# C# xeasy · barre on fret 3
8 x 4 5 4 64 – 1 2 1 3A# x E A# C# G#hard · barre on fret 4
x 6 8 5 7 x– 2 4 1 3 –x C# G# A# E xmedium
8 6 8 x 7 x3 1 4 – 2 –A# C# G# x E xhard
8 x 8 8 7 x2 – 3 4 1 –A# x G# C# E xhard
8 9 8 8 x x1 2 1 1 – –A# E G# C# x xeasy · barre on fret 8
x 9 10 x 11 11– 1 2 – 3 4x E A# x G# C#hard
x x 10 11 11 11– – 1 2 3 4x x A# E G# C#medium
x 3 1 3 x 2– 3 1 4 – 2x A# C# G# x Ehard
2 3 x 3 4 x1 2 – 3 4 –E A# x G# C# xhard
x 3 4 3 4 6– 1 2 1 3 4x A# E G# C# G#medium · barre on fret 3
8 x 4 8 4 63 – 1 4 1 2A# x E C# C# G#hard · barre on fret 4
x 6 x 5 7 6– 2 – 1 4 3x C# x A# E G#hard
x x 10 8 7 6– – 4 3 2 1x x A# C# E G#hard

The A#m7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes A#, C#, E, G#. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Whole Step Down (D) 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 A#m7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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

More A# chords

Other roots

See A#m7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the A#m7♭5 chord?

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