Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯m7♭5C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes D · F · G♯ · C

How to play it

C♯m7♭5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 5 4 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯m7♭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♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 0 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 x 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 0 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 5 4 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C♯m7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

melancholyanxiousyearning

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7

Same notes asC♯ø7

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