Em7b5 Guitar Chord

The E half-diminished is a dominant chord. Explore fingerings, progressions, and theory analysis below.

Finger Positions

Dominant
Em7b5 diagram
Root Note E
Name E half-diminished
Intervals 1P-3m-5d-7m
Relative Minor C#m
Notes E, G, Bb, D
Aliases Em7b5, Eø, E-7b5, Eh7, Eh

Common Progressions Popular patterns using E

I-V-vi-IV

E → B → C#m → A

vi-IV-I-V

C#m → A → E → B

Diatonic Family (Triads)

E F#m G#m A B C#m D#dim

Diatonic Family (7ths)

Emaj7 F#m7 G#m7 Amaj7 B7 C#m7 D#m7b5

Scale Compatibility

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Minor Blues Locrian Locrian Pentatonic Super Locrian Pentatonic Altered Locrian #2 Locrian 6 Dorian #4 Hungarian Major Flamenco Bebop Locrian Half-Whole Diminished Composite Blues Messiaen's Mode #3 Chromatic

* 15 scales found containing the notes E, G, Bb, D.

Audio & MIDI Analysis

MIDI Numbers 64, 67, 70, 62
Frequencies (Hz)

329.6275569128699, 391.99543598174927, 466.1637615180899, 293.6647679174076