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Cmaj7b5 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–3–2–4–0–2

How to play the Cmaj7b5 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Cmaj7b5 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 Cmaj7b5 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–3–2–4–0–2
Fret 3
X–3–4–4–5–X
Fret 7
8–7–9–9–7–7
Fret 10
X–X–10–11–12–12

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys