How to play the Gm7b5 piano chord

(Basic Gm7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the Gm7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: Gm7b5, Gm7(b5), Gø7
• The Gm7b5 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
• A minor-seventh-flat-five chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Lowered (flat) fifth, Minor seventh
• The 4 notes in the Gm7b5 chord are: G – Bb – Db – F
• A minor-seventh-flat-five chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

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In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Gm7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the Gm7b5 chord

• The Gm7b5 chord is step 1 in the G locrian scale.
• The Gm7b5 chord is step 7 in the Ab major (ionian) scale

The G locrian scale consists of the notes: G – Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – (G)
The Ab major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – G – (Ab)