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35.11Half-diminished chord anatomy

Em7♭5:

E G B♭ D.

Notice:

it contains a G minor triad:

G B♭ D

over E bass.

So one way to visualize:

Gm/E

approximately.

That can make certain voice-leading contexts easier to understand.