A 7b5 Chord on Classical Guitar
Play A 7b5 on Classical Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A 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 A, C#, D#, G. This page shows how to play A 7b5 on Classical Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on Classical Guitar: the lowest shape barres fret 5 and covers 4 frets. A falls on the E string. It sounds from A2 up to A4.
It has nylon strings on a wider, flatter neck than a steel-string guitar, which is why it is played fingerstyle rather than with a pick.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A 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.