F#mMaj7b5 guitar chord
Open string · ringing 11 · Root position
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About F#mMaj7b5 — open string voicings
F#mMaj7b5 names three separate instructions: a minor 3rd, , and major 7th. The result is F#, A, C and E#.
The flat 5th is the only change from . It must sound, or the voicing is only . This is neither a half-diminished nor diminished-seventh chord.
Also written F#mM7b5 or F#m(maj7)b5.
What is an open-string voicing
Open-string voicing
×EADGBE
An open string adds a note without a finger: a tension on top or a pedal below. These belong to their key and cannot be moved up the neck.
What to play over F#mMaj7b5
Useful scales
- +G#BDD#
Contains F#mMaj7b5 and adds ninth, eleventh, sharp fifth and thirteenth.
Chords near F#mMaj7b5
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