Guitar chord · Sevenths
F half-diminished 7th chord on guitar
121104 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Fm7♭5 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Dark and unresolved; often the ii chord in a minor key.
Fm7♭5 is the viiø7 chord in F♯ major. In minor keys: iiø7 in E♭ minor.
- Notes
- FA♭C♭E♭
- Formula
- 1♭3♭5♭7
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · diminished 5th · minor 7th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 4 strings at the 1st fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 1st fret, held by the barre F
- 5th string (A): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) C♭
- 4th string (D): 1st fret, held by the barre E♭
- 3rd string (G): 1st fret, held by the barre A♭
- 2nd string (B): play open C♭
- 1st string (high E): 4th fret, pinky finger (4) A♭
Tablature
e|--4---| B|--0---| G|--1---| D|--1---| A|--2---| E|--1---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Fm7♭5 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing Fm7♭5 on guitar
On guitar, Fm7♭5 has an open-position shape, 121104, using three fingers alongside the open strings.
Notice the C♭ in Fm7♭5 (F A♭ C♭ E♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (F–A–C–E), so the diminished 5th has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
