Dim & aug familyviiø7 in F major
E half-diminished chord
Em7♭5E half-diminished
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 2
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- E1
- ♭2
- 2
- G♭3
- 3
- 4
- B♭♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- D♭7
- 7
- E Root
- G Minor 3rd
- B♭ Diminished 5th
- D Minor 7th
About this chord
What is an E half-diminished chord?
Em7♭5 is built from 4 notes: E (the root), G (the ♭3), B♭ (the ♭5), D (the ♭7). The ii chord of a minor key: dark but softer than fully diminished.
- Notes
- E · G · B♭ · D
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7
- Also written
- Eø7 · Eø
- Found in
- viiø7 in F major · iiø7 in D minor
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