Abm7b5 Guitar Chord

How to play Abm7b5: a half-diminished (m7b5) built on Ab, with 1 voicing, the notes, and the intervals.

Chord Diagram

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A common voicing

The first diagram is a common voicing: played at the first few frets. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.

Abm7b5 and G#m7b5 are the same pitches spelled two ways, so the fingerings are identical. See G#m7b5 for the other spelling.

More Voicings of Abm7b5

The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to Ab. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.

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Fret 3
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Fret 6
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Fret 11

Notes & Intervals in Abm7b5

NoteAbCbEbbGb
IntervalRb3b5b7

Abm7b5 is a half-diminished (m7b5) with Ab as its root. The full theoretical spelling is Ab, Cb, Ebb, Gb. This voicing sounds every chord tone.

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