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Cmaj7#5 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, mysterious chord. Typical of modern jazz — made famous by Wayne Shorter among others. Combines the ethereal major seventh with an augmented fifth.

Guitar

Strings X–3–2–1–0–0

How to play the Cmaj7#5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–2–1–0–0 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Play open
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for Cmaj7#5 chord

Other names: C major 7th sharp 5

Music theory name: major seventh augmented fifth chord

Common name: C major 7th sharp 5 chord

Intervals and tones in Cmaj7#5 chord

Note Interval
C Root
E Major 3rd
Ab Augmented 5th
H Major 7th

All Variations

Open
X–3–2–1–0–0
Fret 3
X–3–6–4–5–0
Fret 5
8–7–6–5–0–0
Fret 8
8–11–10–9–0–0

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys