How to play the Fm7b5 piano chord

(Basic Fm7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the Fm7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: Fm7b5, Fm7(b5), Fø7
• The Fm7b5 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 Fm7b5 chord are: F – Ab – Cb – Eb
• 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 Fm7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the Fm7b5 chord

• The Fm7b5 chord is step 1 in the F locrian scale.
• The Fm7b5 chord is step 7 in the Gb major (ionian) scale

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