This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor seventh flat five chord shape. This chord can be used to create some very cool sounding progressions. Learn the shape, then put it to use by playing the example chord progression…
Guitar Chord Of The Week Minor Seventh Flat Five Chord
Minor 7th flat five chords usually occur in minor keys. They are diatonic seventh chords in minor keys, built from the second degree of a harmonic minor scale. This is shown in the diagram below:
Half Diminished Chord
Minor 7th flat five chords are also known as ‘half diminished chords’. Chord symbols are:
The minor 7th flat five shape featured this week is easy to play. Care should be taken to mute the strings that are not used. The top E string can be muted with the 1st (index) finger.
The bottom E string can be muted with the thumb, if necessary.
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Example Chord Progression With Minor Seventh Flat 5 Chord
Play this chord progression with a laid-back latin feel.
Listen out for how the minor seventh flat 5 chords set up the G7 and B diminished chords, which in turn prepare the ear for the C minor tonic chords.
You can play the B diminished chord simply by moving the minor seventh flat five chord down two frets and up one string.
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For more information on guitar chord theory, see this post: Chord Theory.
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