Em7♭5

E1G♭3B♭♭5D♭7

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

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

010030

open

Fig. 3

0100xx

open

Fig. 4

010033

open

Fig. 5

012030

open

Fig. 6

01003x

open

What is true of it

Em7♭5 is E, G, B♭ and D — 1, b3, b5 and b7 counted from E.

These are also the notes of Gm6/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 010030: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

All of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

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

Em7♭5/G

310030

second inversion

Em7♭5/B♭

x10030

third inversion

Em7♭5/D

x50353

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

E7dominant seventh Emaj7major seventh Em7minor seventh Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

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