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Open G tuning

Gm7b5 on guitar

Gm7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled G, Bb, Db and F. In Open G tuning (D2 G2 D3 G3 B3 D4) the easiest shape is x03323, which sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 15.

Notes and intervals

NoteGBbDbF
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.

G half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 3, fret 2 with finger 1, fret 3 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.2314
x03323sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 3, fret 3, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 3, strings 3 to 4.
x033xxsits at fret 3, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 3, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
G half-diminished, position 6, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 8 with finger 2, fret 6, fret 6, fret 8 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 6, strings 4 to 5.6fr23
x08668sits at fret 6, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 6, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G half-diminished, position 10, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 11 with finger 2, fret 10 with finger 1, fret 11 with finger 3, fret 11 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.10fr2134
x011101111sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G half-diminished, position 5, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 5, fret 6 with finger 2, fret 5, open, fret 6 with finger 3, fret 8 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 5, strings 1 to 3.5fr234
565068sits at fret 5, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 5 and lets 1 string ring open
G half-diminished, position 8, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 8, fret 10 with finger 2, fret 8, fret 8. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 8, strings 3 to 6.8fr2
x081088sits at fret 8, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 8, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G half-diminished, position 14, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 15 with finger 2, fret 15 with finger 3, fret 14 with finger 1, fret 15 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.14fr2314
x015151415sits at fret 14, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G half-diminished, position 15, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 15, fret 15, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 15, strings 3 to 4.15fr
x01515xxsits at fret 15, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 15, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
G half-diminished, position 12, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 12 with finger 1, fret 15 with finger 3, fret 15 with finger 4, fret 14 with finger 2, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.12fr1342
x12151514xsits at fret 12, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
G half-diminished, position 11, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 11 with finger 1, fret 15 with finger 3, fret 14 with finger 2, fret 15 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.11fr1324
x011151415sits at fret 11, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 3, fret 2 with finger 1, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.231
x0332xsits at fret 2, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
G half-diminished, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 3, open, fret 2 with finger 1, fret 3 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.2314
x33023sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string

Keys Gm7b5 belongs to

Gm7b5 is diatonic to 8 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

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