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C#maj7b5 Guitar Chord

An unusual "Lydian" chord with a major seventh and a lowered fifth. Occasionally found in progressive jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings X–4–3–5–6–3

How to play the C#maj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–3–5–6–3 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 4 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 5 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 6 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · index finger

Other names for the C#maj7b5 chord

Other names: C# major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: C# major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the C#maj7b5 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G Diminished 5th
B# Major 7th

All variations

Fret 3
X–4–3–5–6–3
Fret 4
X–4–5–5–6–X
Fret 8
9–8–10–10–8–8
Fret 11
X–X–11–12–13–13

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys