What notes are in the G# m7#5 chord?

The G# m7#5 chord contains the notes G# · B · E · F#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the G# m7#5 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# m7#5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the G# m7#5 chord?

On guitar the most common G# m7#5 shape is 424100, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B3 · E4 · F#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

G# M7#5 Chord (G#m7#5): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · B3 · E4 · F#4
Open (drop 2)	E3 · G#3 · B3 · F#4
Shell	G#3 · B3 · F#4
Rootless	B3 · E4 · F#4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

G# m7#5 (G#m7#5) contains the notes G# · B · E · F#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of G# m7#5 puts a chord tone other than G# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales G# m7#5 belongs to.

In which keys

G# m7#5 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

A majorvii7#5Dominant
F# minorii7#5Subdominant
E majoriii7#5Tonic
C# minorv7#5Dominant
B majorvi7#5Tonic
G# minori7#5Tonic

Scales that contain it

G# m7#5 fits inside these scales, each built on G#.

G# MinorG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E · F#
G# PhrygianG# · A · B · C# · D# · E · F#
G# LocrianG# · A · B · C# · D · E · F#
G# Malkos RagaG# · B · C# · E · F#
G# Locrian #2G# · A# · B · C# · D · E · F#
G# Spanish HeptatonicG# · A · B · B# · C# · D# · E · F#
G# Bebop LocrianG# · A · B · C# · D · D# · E · F#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with G# m7#5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Richer

G#m9#5G# · B · E · F# · A#

m7#5 on every root

Cm7#5 C#m7#5 Dm7#5 D#m7#5 Ebm7#5 Em7#5 Fm7#5 F#m7#5 Gm7#5 Abm7#5 Am7#5 A#m7#5 Bbm7#5 Bm7#5

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Understanding the G# m7#5 chord

Names and symbols

G#m7#5 is the chord symbol for G# m7#5.

G# m7#5 and Ab m7#5 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Ab m7#5

Common questions

What notes are in the G# m7#5 chord?: The G# m7#5 chord contains the notes G# · B · E · F#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# m7#5 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# m7#5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 6m, 7m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the G# m7#5 chord?: On guitar the most common G# m7#5 shape is 424100, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B3 · E4 · F#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.