F 7b5 Chord on Banjolele

Play F 7b5 on Banjolele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The F 7b5 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes F, A, Cb, Eb. This page shows how to play F 7b5 on Banjolele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The A string rings open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 4-fret stretch. F falls on the E string. It sounds from Eb4 up to Cb5.

It has a banjo head on a ukulele neck, which is why it cuts through where a wooden ukulele does not.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on F or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.