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Fig. 1 · Ebm7b5 · hard

guitar chord

E♭m7♭5

E♭1G♭♭3B♭♭♭5D♭♭7

A diminished triad with a minor seventh rather than a diminished one — half diminished, and not the same chord as dim7.

Written the other way round it is D♯m7♭5 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

xx1222

hard

11
Fig. 3

bcbbeb

moderate · barre

6
Fig. 4

x6767x

moderate · barre

11
Fig. 5

bcbbxx

moderate · barre

11
Fig. 6

bcbbee

hard · barre

What is true of it

E♭m7♭5 is E♭, G♭, B♭♭ and D♭ — 1, b3, b5 and b7 counted from E♭.

B♭♭ is a double flat, and it has to be: every letter from E♭ upwards is used once, so the b5 cannot be written any other way.

These are also the notes of G♭m6/E♭ and F♯m6/E♭. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx1222: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

4 of the 5 need a barre.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are E♭, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

E♭m7♭5/G♭

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second inversion

E♭m7♭5/B♭♭

x01222

4
third inversion

E♭m7♭5/D♭

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An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

E♭ in other shapes

E♭7dominant seventhE♭maj7major seventhE♭m7minor seventhE♭majorE♭mminorE♭dimdiminished

Cm7♭5C♯m7♭5D♭m7♭5Dm7♭5Em7♭5Fm7♭5F♯m7♭5G♭m7♭5all 374