Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Cø7♯5C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A♯

How to play it

Cø7♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1, 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 7 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 12 10 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 9 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Cø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 0 3 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 3 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 7 8 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 7 8 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 7 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 12 10 10 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 9 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How Cø7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkytense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7

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