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C#7b5 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 0–1–1–2

How to play the C#7b5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 0–1–1–2 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) Play open
3rd string (C) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (E) Fret 1 · middle finger
1st string (A) Fret 2 · ring finger

Notation for C#7b5 chord

Other names: C# 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: C# 7b5 chord

Intervals and tones in C#7b5 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
F Major 3rd
G Diminished 5th
H Minor 7th

All Variations

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

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys