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C7b5 Ukulele Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone replacing the perfect fifth. Often serves as a tritone substitution in jazz progressions — replacing the classic dominant seventh chord.

Ukulele

Strings 3–4–2–3

How to play the C7b5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 3–4–2–3 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (C) Fret 4 · pinky
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger

Other names for the C7b5 chord

Other names: C 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: C 7b5 chord

Notes and intervals in the C7b5 chord

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

All variations

Open
3–4–2–3
Fret 5
5–6–6–7
Fret 8
9–10–8–9
Fret 11
11–12–12–13

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys