A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord on Piano
Also known as:
A Half Diminished 7th , A Half Diminished , A Minor Seventh Flat Five , A Minor 7th Flat 5 , Aø , Aø7 , Am7♭5 , Amin7♭5 , Ami7♭5 , A−7♭5
Here you can learn how to play A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord on the Piano. The A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord has a half diminished quality which includes minor Third and diminished (lowered or flattened) Fifth intervals but has a minor Seventh rather than a diminished Seventh. A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord contains the notes A, C, E♭, G. The A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord on Piano is a Seventh type chord which means it consists of a Triad (the Root A, the Third C, and the Fifth E♭) and the Seventh G.
Below you will find the notes, notation, degrees and intervals of the A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord along with any related scales and chords. In the Piano view you can display the notes of the A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord mapped out onto the Piano keyboard and switch between the notes, degrees, intervals. These are shown across two octaves to help visualise the different inversions of the chord.
Notes
A, C, E♭, G
Notation
Degrees
Note | Number | Name |
---|---|---|
A | 1 | Tonic |
C | ♭3 | Mediant |
E♭ | ♭5 | Dominant |
G | ♭7 | Subtonic |
Intervals
Notes | Semitones | Interval |
---|---|---|
A > A | 0 | Perfect Unison (P1) |
A > C | 3 | minor 3rd (m3) |
A > E♭ | 6 | Diminished 5th (d5 or Tritone) |
A > G | 10 | minor 7th (m7) |
Music Theory
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Scales related to A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord
Same Spellings
Scales that include all of the notes of the A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord.
viio Chord of B♭ Major Scale
iio Chord of G Natural Minor Scale
iio Chord of G Harmonic Minor Scale
viio Chord of B♭ Melodic Minor Scale
vio Chord of C Melodic Minor Scale
vi Chord of C Major Blues Scale
i Chord of A Minor Blues Scale
viio Chord of B♭ Ionian Mode
vio Chord of C Dorian Mode
vo Chord of D Phrygian Mode
♯ivo Chord of E♭ Lydian Mode
iiio Chord of F Mixolydian Mode
iio Chord of G Aeolian Mode
io Chord of A Locrian Mode
vo Chord of D Phrygian Dominant Mode
Different Spellings
Scales that include different spellings of all the notes of the A Half Diminished Seventh (Minor Seventh Flat Five) Chord.