Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Cm7♭5C Minor 7th Flat 5th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

Cm7♭5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 (0 x x 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 0 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 3 3 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 3 3 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 x x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 0 x 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 3 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 3 x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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 Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x x 3 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 0 3 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 3 3 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 3 3 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 x x 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 0 x 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 3 x x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C Minor 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 3 x 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Cm7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

melancholyanxiousyearning

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · A♯

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

Same notes asCø7

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