F#m7b5

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F#m7b5 chord at a glance

F# minor 7th flat 5 (half-diminished) (F#m7b5) is built from the notes F# – A – C – E. Here are all 4 shapes on the neck, from the open position upwards. Numbers under each diagram are the frets from low E to high E (x = don’t play that string).

F#m7b5 shape 1, Open2341
Shape 1 · Open2 0 2 2 1 0
F#m7b5 shape 2, Fret 441222
Shape 2 · Fret 4x x 4 5 5 5
F#m7b5 shape 3, Fret 991324
Shape 3 · Fret 9x 9 10 9 10 x
F#m7b5 shape 4, Fret 10101214
Shape 4 · Fret 10x x 10 11 10 12