How to play the F#m7b5 piano chord

(Basic F#m7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the F#m7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: F#m7b5, F#m7(b5), F#ø7
• The F#m7b5 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 F#m7b5 chord are: F# – A – C – E
• 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 F#m7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the F#m7b5 chord

• The F#m7b5 chord is step 1 in the F# locrian scale.
• The F#m7b5 chord is step 7 in the G major (ionian) scale

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