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Em7b5 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play E Minor Seventh Flat Five (Charts)

Em7b5 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as em7b5 chord, em7b5 guitar chord and how to play Em7b5.

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.

Em7b5 chord diagram, Open positionEm7b5 Open position: low E open, A fret 1, D open, G open, B fret 3, high e open.130 1 0 0 3 0
Open position
0 1 0 0 3 0
Em7b5 chord diagram, Barre (7th fret, A-string root)Em7b5 Barre (7th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 7, D fret 8, G fret 7, B fret 8, high e fret 10.7fr×1234x 7 8 7 8 10
Barre (7th fret, A-string root)
x 7 8 7 8 10
Em7b5 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionEm7b5 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 2, G fret 3, B fret 3, high e fret 3.××1234x x 2 3 3 3
Easy 4-string version
x x 2 3 3 3

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 Em7b5 (E minor seventh flat five) on guitar, play 0 1 0 0 3 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains E, G, Bb, D. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 2 3 3 3, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Em7b5 chord facts

Chord Em7b5 (E minor seventh flat five)
Other names Eø7, Emin7b5, E-7b5
Notes E, G, Bb, D
Intervals E (root), G (minor 3rd), Bb (diminished 5th), D (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-b5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Em7b5 on guitar?

The main shape is 0 1 0 0 3 0 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the A string at fret 1 (Bb, the diminished 5th).
  2. Put your ring finger (3) on the B string at fret 3 (D, the minor 7th).
  4. Let the low E (E) and D (D) and G (G) and high e (E) strings ring open.
  5. Strum, then pick each string one at a time and fix any string that buzzes or is silent.