1b3b5b7
Fig. 1 · Bm7b5 on the keyboard

piano chord

Bm7♭5

B1D♭3F♭5A♭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

Bm7♭5 is B, D, F and A — 1, b3, b5 and b7 counted from B.

These are also the notes of Dm6/B. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

B in other shapes

B7dominant seventhBmaj7major seventhBm7minor seventhBmajorBmminorBdimdiminished

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