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Am7b5 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play A Minor Seventh Flat Five (Charts)

Am7b5 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as am7b5 chord, am7b5 guitar chord and how to play Am7b5.

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.

Am7b5 chord diagram, Open positionAm7b5 Open position: low E muted, A open, D fret 1, G open, B fret 1, high e muted.×12×x 0 1 0 1 x
Open position
x 0 1 0 1 x
Am7b5 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, E-string root)Am7b5 Barre (5th fret, E-string root): low E fret 5, A fret 6, D fret 5, G fret 5, B fret 8, high e fret 5.5fr1245 6 5 5 8 5
Barre (5th fret, E-string root)
5 6 5 5 8 5
Am7b5 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionAm7b5 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 7, G fret 8, B fret 8, high e fret 8.7fr××1234x x 7 8 8 8
Easy 4-string version
x x 7 8 8 8

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 Am7b5 (A minor seventh flat five) on guitar, play x 0 1 0 1 x from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains A, C, Eb, G. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 7 8 8 8, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Am7b5 chord facts

Chord Am7b5 (A minor seventh flat five)
Other names Aø7, Amin7b5, A-7b5
Notes A, C, Eb, G
Intervals A (root), C (minor 3rd), Eb (diminished 5th), G (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-b5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Am7b5 on guitar?

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

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 1 (Eb, the diminished 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the B string at fret 1 (C, the minor 3rd).
  4. Let the A (A) and G (G) strings ring open.
  5. Don't play the low E and high e strings: start your strum on the A string, or touch them lightly to mute.