How to play the Am7b5 piano chord

(Basic Am7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the Am7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: Am7b5, Am7(b5), Aø7
• The Am7b5 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 Am7b5 chord are: A – C – Eb – G
• 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 Am7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the Am7b5 chord

• The Am7b5 chord is step 1 in the A locrian scale.
• The Am7b5 chord is step 7 in the Bb major (ionian) scale

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