Chord

B# Half Diminished

  • B#m7b5
  • B#ø
  • B#ø7
  • B#min7b5
  • B#-7b5
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Notes and intervals
B#m3D#m3F#M3A#

B# Half Diminished, written B#m7b5, is built from B#, D#, F# and A#: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, D# and A#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    B# Locrian

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    A# Locrian #2

  3. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    B# Locrian #6

Voicings All 14