B m7b5 Chord on Mandola
How to play the B m7b5 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The B m7b5 chord is a half-diminished (m7b5) chord, central to the minor ii–V–i. It is built from the notes B, D, F, A. This page shows how to play B m7b5 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the D and A strings open and takes the rest at fret 10, reaching across 2 frets. B falls on the C string. It sounds from B3 up to A4.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on B 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.