A7♭5 banjo chord

How to play A7♭5 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the low D to the high D at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 2nd fret and your ring finger on the B string at the 2nd fret. Let the short G string ring open.

From the short G string 0 1 2 2 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in A7♭5?

A7♭5, A dominant seventh flat five, is A, C♯, E♭ and G: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the diminished fifth (E♭) and the minor seventh (G). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 ♭7.