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DADGAD tuning

Em7b5 on guitar

Em7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled E, G, Bb and D. In DADGAD tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 A3 D4) the easiest shape is 210010, which sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteEGBbD
Interval1P3m5d7m

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

E half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 3, fret 1 with finger 1, open, open, fret 1 with finger 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.312
210010sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 7, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 7 with finger 1, open, open, fret 7 with finger 2, fret 8 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.7fr123
x70078sits at fret 7, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 5, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 7 with finger 2, open, open, fret 5 with finger 1, open. Frets are relative to the capo.5fr21
x70050sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 1, fret 5 with finger 2, open, open, fret 5 with finger 3, open. Frets are relative to the capo.123
250050sits at fret 2, spans 3 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 13, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 14 with finger 3, fret 13 with finger 1, open, open, fret 13 with finger 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.13fr312
141300130sits at fret 13, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 12, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 14 with finger 4, fret 13 with finger 2, open, open, fret 13 with finger 3, fret 12 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.12fr4231
1413001312sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 8, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 10 with finger 3, open, fret 9 with finger 2, fret 10 with finger 4, fret 8 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.8fr3241
01009108sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 9, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, muted, fret 9 with finger 1, fret 10 with finger 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.9fr12
xxx9100sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
E half-diminished, position 3, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 7 with finger 4, open, fret 3 with finger 1, fret 5 with finger 2, fret 5 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.3fr4123
x70355sits at fret 3, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 10, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 14 with finger 3, fret 10 with finger 1, open, open, fret 13 with finger 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.10fr312
141000130sits at fret 10, spans 4 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 3, fret 1 with finger 1, open, open, fret 1 with finger 2, fret 2 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.3124
210012sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 3, fret 1 with finger 1, fret 2 with finger 4, open, fret 1 with finger 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.3142
212010sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open

Keys Em7b5 belongs to

Em7b5 is diatonic to 8 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

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