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C#mmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

An extremely rare chord with a unique, dissonant sound. Found only in avant-garde jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings X–4–2–0–1–0

How to play the C#mmaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–2–0–1–0 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 · pinky
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the C#mmaj7b5 chord

Other names: C# minor major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: minor major seventh flat five chord

Common name: C# minor major 7th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the C#mmaj7b5 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–4–2–0–1–0
Fret 4
X–4–5–5–5–X
Fret 9
9–10–10–9–X–9
Fret 11
X–X–11–12–13–12

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys