Bm7b5 chord

The Bm7b5 chord (B half-diminished) on a piano: the notes, every inversion and the keys it belongs to. Tap play to hear it, and download it as MIDI.

B1Db3Fb5Ab7

About the half-diminished chord

A diminished chord with a minor seventh, also written ø. The natural chord on the second step of a minor key.

Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7. Used in: Jazz and minor-key ii-V-i progressions, R&B.

Tap an inversion to hear it. Inversions keep the same notes in a different order, which lets chords move smoothly from one to the next.

Bm7b5 is the VII chord in C major and II chord in A minor.

It also appears in D Dorian (VI), E Phrygian (V), F Lydian (IV), G Mixolydian (III).

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B, D, F, A.

1 b3 b5 b7. A diminished chord with a minor seventh, also written ø. The natural chord on the second step of a minor key.

Bm7b5 is a chord in C major (VII), A minor (II).