Guitar arpeggio
F Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio
F Minor 7 Flat 5 is a four-note seventh-chord arpeggio built from F, Ab, B, and Eb. It is also commonly called F Half-Diminished, and Fm7b5. Use it to study chord tones, interval formulas, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Chord tones
- FAbBEb
- Formula
- 1 b3 b5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 6 10
- Chord symbols
- Fm7b5
- Also called
- F Half-DiminishedFm7b5
How to read this arpeggio
The chord tones are shown as pitch classes first. In the fretboard tool, square markers represent F root notes, while circular markers represent the remaining tones in the arpeggio.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the F root notes and connect the remaining minor 7 flat 5 chord tones across standard tuning.
This same arpeggio shape is also commonly called F Half-Diminished or Fm7b5.
Fretboard diagram
Open this arpeggio in the fretboard tool
Start with F Minor 7 Flat 5 loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboard