F# 7b5 Chord on Classical Guitar
Play F# 7b5 on Classical Guitar: 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#, C, E. This page shows how to play F# 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 2 and covers 4 frets. F# falls on the E string. It sounds from F#2 up to F#4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 8.
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 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.