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How to Use 7b5 Chords? Guitar Lesson With Shapes and Tabs
- By jazz-guitar-licks
- On 2021-10-12
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Unlocking that smooth tension and release in jazz harmony is where the magic lies—and the dominant seventh flat-fifth (7♭5) chord is one of your secret weapons.
Imagine sliding into a chord that sounds both unexpected and inevitable, bridging the gap between yellow-and-gold major chords and grey-shaded minor ones. That’s what the 7♭5 chord does.
In this lesson, we’ll dive into what a 7♭5 chord really is (yes — deeper than just “a dominant with a flat fifth”), explore symmetrical voicings that appear in mirror-image positions, and show you how to plug them into classic II-V-I progressions to give them a tasteful twist.
Whether you're comping behind a soloist or crafting chord-melody lines on the neck, you’ll gain the tools to make this altered dominant chord sing.
