Dim & aug familyviiø7 in A♭ major
G half-diminished chord
Gm7♭5G 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- G1
- ♭2
- 2
- B♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- D♭♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- F♭7
- 7
- G Root
- B♭ Minor 3rd
- D♭ Diminished 5th
- F Minor 7th
About this chord
What is a G half-diminished chord?
Gm7♭5 is built from 4 notes: G (the root), B♭ (the ♭3), D♭ (the ♭5), F (the ♭7). The ii chord of a minor key: dark but softer than fully diminished.
- Notes
- G · B♭ · D♭ · F
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7
- Also written
- Gø7 · Gø
- Found in
- viiø7 in A♭ major · iiø7 in F minor
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