E 7b5 Chord on Bass VI
Play E 7b5 on Bass VI: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The E 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 E, G#, A#, D. This page shows how to play E 7b5 on Bass VI with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The E and D strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 3-fret stretch. The root is the E string itself. It sounds from E1 up to E3. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 6.
Bass VI is tuned E–A–D–G–B–E, with 15 frets to work with.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on E 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.