Fmaj7♭5

4-note major 7th flat 5 on FF, A, B, E.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A major seventh with a lowered fifth — the flat five lends a wistful, Lydian tilt to the major-seventh glow.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Froot
3Amajor third
♭5Bflat fifth (diminished)
7Emajor seventh

The formula reads in semitones above the root (F): 1, 3, ♭5, 7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

123
open position
3fr1234
from fret 3
8fr1234
from fret 8
12fr213411
from fret 12

Ukulele fingerings · 4

2413
open position
4fr1234
from fret 4
7fr4311
from fret 7
7fr3412
from fret 7

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other F chords

maj7♭5 chords on every root