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Cmaj7b5 Ukulele Chord

An unusual "Lydian" chord with a major seventh and a lowered fifth. Occasionally found in progressive jazz and experimental music.

Ukulele

Strings 5–4–2–2

How to play the Cmaj7b5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 5–4–2–2 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) Fret 5 · pinky
3rd string (C) Fret 4 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 2 · index 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

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

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys