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Fm7b5 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play F Minor Seventh Flat Five (Charts)

Fm7b5 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as fm7b5 chord, fm7b5 guitar chord and how to play Fm7b5.

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.

Fm7b5 chord diagram, Open positionFm7b5 Open position: low E fret 1, A fret 2, D fret 1, G fret 1, B open, high e muted.1423×1 2 1 1 0 x
Open position
1 2 1 1 0 x
Fm7b5 chord diagram, Barre (1st fret, E-string root)Fm7b5 Barre (1st fret, E-string root): low E fret 1, A fret 2, D fret 1, G fret 1, B fret 4, high e fret 1.1241 2 1 1 4 1
Barre (1st fret, E-string root)
1 2 1 1 4 1
Fm7b5 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionFm7b5 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 3, G fret 4, B fret 4, high e fret 4.××1234x x 3 4 4 4
Easy 4-string version
x x 3 4 4 4

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 Fm7b5 (F minor seventh flat five) on guitar, play 1 2 1 1 0 x from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains F, Ab, Cb, Eb. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 3 4 4 4, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Fm7b5 chord facts

Chord Fm7b5 (F minor seventh flat five)
Other names Fø7, Fmin7b5, F-7b5
Notes F, Ab, Cb, Eb
Intervals F (root), Ab (minor 3rd), Cb (diminished 5th), Eb (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-b5-b7
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Fm7b5 on guitar?

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

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the low E string at fret 1 (F, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the D string at fret 1 (Eb, the minor 7th).