A#m7♭5
A#m7♭5
A# M7♭5
Intermediate
Diminished
Half-Diminished
Half-diminished chord - common in jazz
Chord Structure
Notes in Chord
A#
RootC#
Minor 3rdE
Diminished 5thG#
Minor 7thInterval Details
A#
Root
C#
Minor 3rd
E
Diminished 5th
G#
Minor 7th
Interval Formula
1P - 3m - 5d - 7m
Sound Character
Timbre
Highly tense
Emotion
Scary, tense, dramatic
Suitable Genres
Jazz, Classical, Horror music
Inversions
An inversion is a rearrangement of the notes in a chord, with a different note as the bass (lowest note).
Root Position
A# - C# - E - G#
Bass: A#Inversion 1
C# - E - G# - A#
Bass: C#Inversion 2
E - G# - A# - C#
Bass: EInversion 3
G# - A# - C# - E
Bass: G#Compatible Scales
These scales can be used when improvising or soloing over the A#m7♭5 chord.
Related Chords
Extended from A#m7♭5
A#7#9#11
A#13#9#11
A#7#9#11b13
A#m9b5
Simplified
A#dim
Alternate Symbols
A#m7b5
A#ø
A#-7b5
A#h7
A#h
Tags
half-diminished
seventh
Piano
Voicing 1 / 5
Guitar
Position 1 / 4
Ukulele
Position 1 / 4