1b3b7b5
Fig. 1 · Am7b5 on the keyboard

piano chord

Am7♭5

A1C♭3E♭♭5G♭7

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

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

Am7♭5 is A, C, E♭ and G — 1, b3, b5 and b7 counted from A.

These are also the notes of Cm6/A. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

A in other shapes

A7dominant seventhAmaj7major seventhAm7minor seventhAmajorAmminorAdimdiminished

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