These two chords are the "half-diminished 7" and the "minor 7 flat 5".Īnd no, the explanation is not "they are the same chord, they are just called it differently in Jazz and in Classical harmony" and yet we were all thinking they were the same. they are called differently, they behave differently. Talk about the truth staring you in the face. they even teach you that they are the same chord. There are two chords that behave in a different way and that they are even called in different ways. I'm definitely taking the contrarian positions on this. I mean, what I'm about to say should be commonplace. In fact I debated for a while if to make a video about this or not. who will process and use it according to their privacy policy.
Bm7b5 is a B diminished chord, with an added flat 7th (A) included, or a Bm7 chord with the 5th lowered by a semitone.The B minor 7 flat 5 chord (just like all half diminished chords) contains the following intervals (from the root note): minor 3rd, minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Major 2nd (back to the root note).The Bm7b5 chord is produced by playing the 1st (root), flat 3rd, flat 5th and flat 7th of the B Major scale.The B minor 7 flat 5 chord contains the notes B, D, F and A.If you’ve come to this page just to view some chord diagrams for Bm7b5 (B half diminished), here they are. The Bm7b5 chord is most commonly played with the root note on the 2nd fret of the 5th string (2nd shape down, in the picture below). The fact that Bm7b5 occurs in the key of C actually makes it quite a common chord, as the key of C Major is very popular. This is an example of how Bm7b5 can sound beautiful in context. Try playing a C chord, then a Bm7b5 chord and then return to C. Bm7b5 is the 7th chord in the key of C Major. However, when played in the context of other chords, it can sound beautiful.
The half diminished chord can sound like a very dissonant chord, when played in isolation. It can be viewed as a Bm7 chord with a flat 5 or a B diminished chord with an added b7. The Bm7b5 chord (B minor 7 flat 5, or B half diminished) contains the notes B, D, F and A, which is the 1 (root) b3, b5 and b7 of the B Major scale.
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