A Dominant 7 Flat 5 chord

The dominant 7♭5 lowers the 5th of a dominant 7th (1–3–♭5–♭7). Symmetrical and unsettled, it points toward the whole-tone and altered sounds.

Playable voicings, generated for this chord.

Root Chord tone✕ = don't playNumbers show the interval (1 = root, 3 = third, 5 = fifth…).
e
♭7
B
3
G
♭7
D
♭5
A
1
E
0
1
2
3
4
5