About Bmaj7b5
Bmaj7b5 is B, D#, F and A#. It keeps the major 3rd and 7th of , but lowers the 5th one fret to the .
The flat 5th replaces the natural 5th. A maj7 sharp 11 chord keeps the natural 5th and adds the sharp 11. The names are not interchangeable.
Keep the flat 5th audible. Without it, the remaining notes only spell .
Also written BM7b5, BΔ7b5 or Bmaj7(b5).
How to use Bmaj7b5
How you get to it. The turn that lands on Bmaj7b5 is to — the ii and the V of B — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.
Hear it land:→→
In which keys. Every note of Bmaj7b5 belongs to Eb minor (the ♭VI) and F# major (the IV, the subdominant).
What to play over Bmaj7b5
Useful scales
- +C#F#G#
Contains Bmaj7b5 and adds ninth, fifth and thirteenth.
- +C#GG#
Contains Bmaj7b5 and adds ninth, sharp fifth and thirteenth.
Chords near Bmaj7b5
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