How to play the Bm7b5 piano chord

(Basic Bm7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the Bm7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: Bm7b5, Bm7(b5), Bø7
• The Bm7b5 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 Bm7b5 chord are: B – D – F – A
• 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 Bm7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the Bm7b5 chord

• The Bm7b5 chord is step 1 in the B locrian scale.
• The Bm7b5 chord is step 7 in the C major (ionian) scale

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