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Ukulele (low G) tuning

Em7b5 on guitar

Em7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled E, G, Bb and D. In Ukulele (low G) tuning (G3 C4 E4 A4) the easiest shape is 0201, which sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

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 021
0201sits at fret 1, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, open position, capo 01
020xsits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 9, capo 09fr1234
9101010sits at fret 9 and spans 1 fret
E half-diminished, open position, capo 0213
x435sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, open position, capo 012
0405sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 6, capo 06fr2314
7767sits at fret 6 and spans 1 fret
E half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr21
0705sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr123
7707sits at fret 7, needs no stretch at all and lets 1 string ring open
E half-diminished, position 13, capo 013fr21
014013sits at fret 13, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
E half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr312
0141213sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 1 string ring open
E half-diminished, position 14, capo 014fr1
0140xsits at fret 14, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr21
014010sits at fret 10, spans 4 frets 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.

Em7b5 in another tuning

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