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Em7♭5 chord

E Half-Diminished 7th

Em7b5 · Root

1E4b3G4b5Bb4b7D5
C41b3C5b7C6b5

Every chord tone stacked from the root up.

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Notes

E – G – B♭ – D

Formula

1 – b3 – b5 – b7

Practice Note

The half-diminished chord is the usual iiø7 in a minor-key ii–V–i, commonly paired with Locrian or Locrian natural 2. Its b5 and b7 lead into the dominant; the root may be omitted in a piano voicing when supplied by bass.

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Em7 · SiblingEdim7 · SiblingA7b9 · Next in ii–VDm · ii–V–i targetGm6 · Same notesC9 · Same notes (rootless)

About Em7b5

The Em7b5 chord sounds dark and ambiguous, the classic jazz ii chord in minor keys. Its notes are E, G, Bb, D. This chord is commonly heard in jazz.

Jazz
All E chords (61)

Triads

E — MajorEm — MinorEdim — DiminishedEaug — AugmentedEsus2 — Suspended 2ndEsus4 — Suspended 4thE5 — Power Chord

7ths

E7 — Dominant 7thEmaj7 — Major 7thEm7 — Minor 7thEm7#5 — Minor 7th Sharp 5Edim7 — Diminished 7thE6 — Major 6thEm6 — Minor 6thE7sus4 — Dominant 7th Sus4E7sus2 — Dominant 7th Sus2

Extended

E9 — Dominant 9thEmaj9 — Major 9thEm9 — Minor 9thEadd9 — Add 9Eadd11 — Add 11Eadd2 — Add 2Eadd#11 — Add Sharp 11E11 — Dominant 11thE13 — Dominant 13thE6/9 — 6/9Emaj13 — Major 13thEm(add2) — Minor Add 2Em(add9) — Minor Add 9Em(add11) — Minor Add 11EmMaj7 — Minor Major 7thEm11 — Minor 11thEm13 — Minor 13thEm6/9 — Minor 6/9E7#11 — Dominant 7th Sharp 11E9#11 — Dominant 9th Sharp 11E13#11 — Dominant 13th Sharp 11E9sus4 — Dominant 9th Sus4E13sus4 — Dominant 13th Sus4Emaj7#11 — Major 7th Sharp 11Emaj9#11 — Major 9th Sharp 11EmMaj9 — Minor Major 9thEm9b5 — Half-Diminished 9th

Altered

E7#9 — Dominant 7th Sharp 9E7b9#9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9 Sharp 9E13#9 — Dominant 13th Sharp 9E7b9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9E7#5 — Dominant 7th Sharp 5E7b5 — Dominant 7th Flat 5E7alt — Altered DominantE7#9#5 — Dominant 7th #9 #5E7b9b5 — Dominant 7th b9 b5E7#9b5 — Dominant 7th #9 b5E7sus4b9 — Dominant 7th Sus4 Flat 9E9#5 — Dominant 9th Sharp 5E9b5 — Dominant 9th Flat 5E13b9 — Dominant 13th Flat 9E7b13 — Dominant 7th Flat 13Eaug7 — Augmented 7thEdim(maj7) — Diminished Major 7thEaugMaj7 — Augmented Major 7th