Fm7♭5
Fm7♭5
F M7♭5
Intermediate
Diminished
Half-Diminished
Half-diminished chord - common in jazz
Chord Structure
Notes in Chord
F
RootAb
Minor 3rdB
Diminished 5thEb
Minor 7thInterval Details
F
Root
Ab
Minor 3rd
B
Diminished 5th
Eb
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
F - Ab - B - Eb
Bass: FInversion 1
Ab - B - Eb - F
Bass: AbInversion 2
B - Eb - F - Ab
Bass: BInversion 3
Eb - F - Ab - B
Bass: EbCompatible Scales
These scales can be used when improvising or soloing over the Fm7♭5 chord.
Related Chords
Extended from Fm7♭5
F7#9#11
F13#9#11
F7#9#11b13
Fm9b5
Simplified
Fdim
Alternate Symbols
Fm7b5
Fø
F-7b5
Fh7
Fh
Tags
half-diminished
seventh
Piano
Voicing 1 / 5
Guitar
Position 1 / 4
Ukulele
Position 1 / 4