F# Minor 7th, Flat 5th Mandolin Chord

also known as F# half-diminished 7th, F# half-diminished

Notes in an F# Minor 7th, Flat 5th Mandolin chord

Root : F#

Minor 3rd : A

Diminished 5th : C

Minor 7th : E

F#m7♭5/C

Diagram of an F# minor 7th, flat 5th mandolin chord at the open position

F#m7♭5

Diagram of an F# minor 7th, flat 5th mandolin barre chord at the 2 fret (first inversion)

F#m7♭5/A

Diagram of an F# minor 7th, flat 5th mandolin chord at the 7 fret (third inversion)

F#m7♭5/E

Diagram of an F# minor 7th, flat 5th mandolin chord at the 10 fret

F#m7♭5

Diagram of an F# minor 7th, flat 5th mandolin chord at the 4 fret (second inversion)

F#m7♭5/C

Diagram of an F# minor 7th, flat 5th mandolin chord at the 9 fret (third inversion)

F#m7♭5/E

Half-diminished seventh chord

In music theory, the half-diminished seventh chord (also known as a half-diminished chord or a minor seventh flat five chord) is a seventh chord composed of a root note, together with a minor third, a diminished fifth, and a minor seventh. In diatonic harmony, the half-diminished seventh chord occurs naturally on the seventh scale degree of any major scale (for example, Bø7 in C major) and is thus a leading-tone seventh chord in the major mode. Similarly, the chord also occurs on the second degree of any natural minor scale. It has been described as a "considerable instability."