Arpeggio · Bm7♭5 · Guitar
The Bm7♭5 arpeggio is B – D – F – A — chord tones 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7. Bm7♭5 is the iiø chord of a minor ii–V–i; its sound is dark, unstable, leading. Below, every B, D, F, A on the fretboard is marked, with the root in gold. Press play to hear a one-octave arpeggio, or tap any note.
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Play loops the arpeggio up and down one octave (switch Loop off for a single pass) in the position starting at fret 7. Tap any marked note to hear it. “Show” switches or combines the fretboard and keyboard; “Sound” picks the instrument you hear. Audio is synthesized in the browser.
Reference
| Chord tone | Note | Interval from B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | unison (0 semitones) |
| ♭3 | D | minor 3rd (3 semitones) |
| ♭5 | F | tritone (6 semitones) |
| ♭7 | A | minor 7th (10 semitones) |
Goes with: B Locrian (B C D E F G A). Voicings: Bm7♭5 voicings on guitar.
Common questions
B – D – F – A. As chord tones: 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7. Played one after another instead of together, that is the arpeggio.
Bm7♭5 is the iiø chord of a minor ii–V–i. Its character is dark, unstable, leading.
B Locrian (B C D E F G A) — the arpeggio is the skeleton of that scale, so practise them together.
Start on the root B on the low E string at fret 7 and play E-string fret 7, E-string fret 10, A-string fret 8, D-string fret 7, D-string fret 9. Then play it descending, then in eighth notes with a metronome, then over the the iiø chord of a minor ii–V–i.
Keep going
Same arpeggio on piano · Half-diminished (m7♭5) hub · chord-scale theory.
Other arpeggios from B