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C♯m7♭5 Chord

C♯m7♭5 is a half-diminished chord rooted on C♯. A minor 7th with the fifth flattened too. Dark and unresolved — most often the ii chord in a minor key.

The notes

Every C♯m7♭5 chord anywhere on the neck is some arrangement of these 4 notes.

C♯1
E♭3
G♭5
B♭7

How to play it

2 shapes, low on the neck to high. Tap any diagram to hear it. Green marks the root.

Half-Diminished chords in other keys

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