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B♭m7♭5 chord

B♭m7♭5 (also written A♯m7♭5) is the Bb half-diminished (minor seventh flat five) chord. It has 4 notes: B♭ – D♭ – F♭ – A♭ (1 – ♭3 – ♭5 – ♭7).

A half-diminished chord (minor seventh flat five) is the ii chord of minor keys. It sounds dark and leads strongly to the V chord.

B♭m7♭5 chord on Guitar

B♭m7♭5 chord on guitar, shape 1 (x12120)
Open positionx12120
B♭m7♭5 chord on guitar, shape 2 (xx8999)
From the 8th fretxx8999
B♭m7♭5 chord on guitar, shape 3 (676696)
From the 6th fret676696
B♭m7♭5 chord on guitar, shape 4 (x-13-11-13-11-12)
From the 11th fretx-13-11-13-11-12

Shape 1, string by string (low E to high E): low E not played; A 1st fret; D 2nd fret; G 1st fret; B 2nd fret; high E open.

B♭m7♭5 chord on Ukulele

B♭m7♭5 chord on ukulele, shape 1 (1101)
Open position1101
B♭m7♭5 chord on ukulele, shape 2 (3444)
From the 3rd fret3444
B♭m7♭5 chord on ukulele, shape 3 (6867)
From the 6th fret6867
B♭m7♭5 chord on ukulele, shape 4 (13-13-12-13)
From the 12th fret13-13-12-13

Shape 1, string by string (G, C, E, A): G 1st fret; C 1st fret; E open; A 1st fret.

B♭m7♭5 chord on Piano

B♭m7♭5 chord on piano: B♭, D♭, F♭, A♭

Play B♭, D♭, F♭ and A♭ together with your right hand, and B♭ (the root) in your left. To move between chords smoothly, try inversions: keep the notes shared with the next chord and move the others the shortest distance.

Songs with the B♭m7♭5 chord

B♭m7♭5 appears in 6 songs on Yalle Media. The newest:

Related chords

Other Bb chords:

Chords in the key of B♭ major:

B♭m7♭5 chord: questions

What notes are in the B♭m7♭5 chord?

B♭m7♭5 (Bb half-diminished (minor seventh flat five)) is made of B♭, D♭, F♭ and A♭ (1 – ♭3 – ♭5 – ♭7).

How do you play B♭m7♭5 on guitar?

The most common shape is x12120 (from the low E string to the high E string; x = don’t play, 0 = open string).

How do you play B♭m7♭5 on ukulele?

Play 1101 (strings G, C, E, A; 0 = open string).

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