How to play the Em7b5 piano chord

(Basic Em7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the Em7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: Em7b5, Em7(b5), Eø7
• The Em7b5 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 Em7b5 chord are: E – G – Bb – D
• 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 Em7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the Em7b5 chord

• The Em7b5 chord is step 1 in the E locrian scale.
• The Em7b5 chord is step 7 in the F major (ionian) scale

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