How to play Am7b5

A half-diminished seventhA diminished triad with a flattened seventh. The ii chord of a minor key, and where most minor jazz turnarounds begin.

Notes in Am7b5

  • Aroot
  • Cminor 3rd
  • D#diminished 5th
  • Gminor 7th

Am7b5 on guitar

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Intermediate · open
4fr
Intermediate · open
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Intermediate · open
Intermediate · open

Am7b5 on ukulele

5fr
Intermediate · open
11fr
Intermediate · open
3fr
Intermediate · barre
2fr
Intermediate

Am7b5 on piano

Easy
Easy
Easy
Easy

Tune up before you play it

A half-diminished seventh chord is unforgiving of a flat third. Check the guitar with the browser tuner, then practise the change with the metronome.

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