G# Minor 7th, Flat 5th Banjo Chord

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

Notes in a G# Minor 7th, Flat 5th Banjo chord

Root : G#

Minor 3rd : B

Diminished 5th : D

Minor 7th : F#

G#m7♭5/F#

Diagram of a G# minor 7th, flat 5th banjo chord at the 3 fret

G#m7♭5

Diagram of a G# minor 7th, flat 5th banjo barre chord at the 9 fret (first inversion)

G#m7♭5/B

Diagram of a G# minor 7th, flat 5th banjo chord at the 6 fret

G#m7♭5

Diagram of a G# minor 7th, flat 5th banjo chord at the 3 fret (third inversion)

G#m7♭5/F#

Diagram of a G# minor 7th, flat 5th banjo chord at the 9 fret (second inversion)

G#m7♭5/D

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."