B Min7♭5 (Half-Diminished) Scale — Bass
B Min7♭5 (Half-Diminished) on bass: notes B, D, F, A — free scale chart, no sign-up. A minor triad with a flattened 5th plus a minor 7th — the classic ii chord tone in minor-key jazz.
Bass · 4-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 1 F (flat 5), fret 5 A (flat 7), fret 7 B (root), fret 10 D (flat 3), fret 13 F (flat 5), fret 17 A (flat 7), fret 19 B (root), fret 22 D (flat 3).
- A string: fret 0 A (flat 7), fret 2 B (root), fret 5 D (flat 3), fret 8 F (flat 5), fret 12 A (flat 7), fret 14 B (root), fret 17 D (flat 3), fret 20 F (flat 5), fret 24 A (flat 7).
- D string: fret 0 D (flat 3), fret 3 F (flat 5), fret 7 A (flat 7), fret 9 B (root), fret 12 D (flat 3), fret 15 F (flat 5), fret 19 A (flat 7), fret 21 B (root), fret 24 D (flat 3).
- G string: fret 2 A (flat 7), fret 4 B (root), fret 7 D (flat 3), fret 10 F (flat 5), fret 14 A (flat 7), fret 16 B (root), fret 19 D (flat 3), fret 22 F (flat 5).
Notes in the B min7♭5 (half-diminished) scale
The B min7♭5 (half-diminished) scale contains 4 notes: B, D, F, A. Its scale degrees are R · b3 · b5 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | B |
| b3 | D |
| b5 | F |
| b7 | A |
B min7♭5 (half-diminished) on bass
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.