1b5b3b7
Fig. 1 · Fm7b5 on the keyboard

piano chord

Fm7♭5

F1A♭♭3C♭♭5E♭♭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

Fm7♭5 is F, A♭, C♭ and E♭ — 1, b3, b5 and b7 counted from F.

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

F in other shapes

F7dominant seventhFmaj7major seventhFm7minor seventhFmajorFmminorFdimdiminished

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