Dim & aug familyviiø7 in G♭ major
F half-diminished chord
Fm7♭5F half-diminished
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 3
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- F1
- ♭2
- 2
- A♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- C♭♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- E♭♭7
- 7
- F Root
- A♭ Minor 3rd
- C♭ Diminished 5th
- E♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is an F half-diminished chord?
Fm7♭5 is built from 4 notes: F (the root), A♭ (the ♭3), C♭ (the ♭5), E♭ (the ♭7). The ii chord of a minor key: dark but softer than fully diminished.
- Notes
- F · A♭ · C♭ · E♭
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7
- Also written
- Fø7 · Fø
- Found in
- viiø7 in G♭ major · iiø7 in E♭ minor
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