Minor 7th Flat 5 Chord

🎵 Also known as a half-diminished chord (root, b3, b5, b7), it sounds unstable, fragile, and melancholic. Use it most commonly as the ii chord in a minor key (leading to V) or as the vii chord in a major key. It creates tension that strongly pulls towards a dominant or tonic chord, often minor. Feels tense, yearning, and somewhat unresolved.

Also abbreviated as: m7b5ø-7b5h7h

With all 4 notes and C as bass, it is also: Cm7b5CøCø7D#-6/CD#m(add6)/CD#m6/CD#min6/CEb-6/CEbm(add6)/CEbm6/CEbmin6/C

Contains intervals: 1P3m5d7m

Popular songs which use this chord type: Autumn Leaves, Stella by Starlight, Sad Eyes (Robert Palmer)