Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

CM7♭5C Major 7th Flat 5th

CRoot

Etone

F♯tone

Btone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭5 · 7 · Notes C · E · F♯ · B

How to play it

CM7♭5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x x 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 0 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 0 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 x 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 4 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

CM7♭5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x x 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 0 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 0 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 x 1 x 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 0 1 x 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 4 1 x x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How CM7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭5 · 7

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