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A#m7b5 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play A Sharp Minor Seventh Flat Five (Charts)

A#m7b5 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as a#m7b5 chord, a#m7b5 guitar chord and how to play A#m7b5.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

A#m7b5 chord diagram, Open positionA#m7b5 Open position: low E muted, A fret 1, D fret 2, G fret 1, B fret 2, high e open.×1324x 1 2 1 2 0
Open position
x 1 2 1 2 0
A#m7b5 chord diagram, Barre (1st fret, A-string root)A#m7b5 Barre (1st fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 1, D fret 2, G fret 1, B fret 2, high e fret 4.×1234x 1 2 1 2 4
Barre (1st fret, A-string root)
x 1 2 1 2 4
A#m7b5 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionA#m7b5 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 8, G fret 9, B fret 9, high e fret 9.8fr××1234x x 8 9 9 9
Easy 4-string version
x x 8 9 9 9

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play A#m7b5 (A sharp minor seventh flat five) on guitar, play x 1 2 1 2 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains A#, C#, E, G#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 8 9 9 9, which needs 4 fretted notes.

A#m7b5 chord facts

Chord A#m7b5 (A sharp minor seventh flat five)
Other names A#ø7, A#min7b5, A#-7b5, Bbm7b5 (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes A#, C#, E, G#
Intervals A# (root), C# (minor 3rd), E (diminished 5th), G# (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-b5-b7
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play A#m7b5 on guitar?

The main shape is x 1 2 1 2 0 (Open position). Finger by finger: