C♯m7♭5 guitar chord

How to play C♯m7♭5 on guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the A string at the 4th fret and your index finger on the D string at the 2nd fret. Let the G, B and high E strings ring open. Don’t play the low E string.

From the low E string x 4 2 0 0 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in C♯m7♭5?

C♯m7♭5, C♯ half-diminished seventh, is C♯, E, G and B: the root (C♯), the minor third (E), the diminished fifth (G) and the minor seventh (B). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7.

What does C♯m7♭5 mean?

A minor seventh chord with its fifth lowered a half step: C♯, E, G and B. It is also called half-diminished, written C♯ø7.

Where is C♯m7♭5 used?

As the ii chord of a minor key, in the minor ii–V–i of jazz: C♯m7♭5 to F♯7 to Bm. It is also the chord on the seventh note of a major key, with a seventh.

Keys with C♯m7♭5

C♯m7♭5 is the viiø7 chord in D major and the iiø7 chord in B minor.