Ukulele · Half-diminished chord

Em7b5E Half-diminished

  • Key: F Major
  • Easy
  • Open chord

Em7b5 is the E half-diminished chord on ukulele, made of the notes E · G · A# · D.

Em7b5 — E Half-diminished · Ukulele12345621AECGA#EDG

Position 1 of 2Main

Notes

  • E
  • G
  • A#
  • D

Structure

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. ♭5
  4. ♭7
Sound
Half-diminished (m7♭5)
Dark, jazzy
Harmonic function
Dominant
Creates tension that resolves to the tonic.

Harmonic field of F Major

DegreeChordFunction
IFTonic
iiGmSubdominant
iiiAmTonic relative
IVA#Subdominant
VCDominant
viDmTonic relative
vii°EdimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Place your index finger on fret 1 of string 1.
  2. 2Place your middle finger on fret 2 of string 3.
  3. 3Let strings 4, 2 ring open.
  4. 4Strum all the strings.

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