Em7b5 chord

The Em7b5 chord (E 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.

E1Gb3Bbb5Db7

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.

Em7b5 is the VII chord in F major and II chord in D minor.

It also appears in G Dorian (VI), A Phrygian (V), Bb Lydian (IV), C Mixolydian (III).

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E, G, Bb, D.

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.

Em7b5 is a chord in F major (VII), D minor (II).