C#m7b5

Starts at fret 4

Open

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C#m7b5Shape 1 of 4
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C#m7b5 chord at a glance

C# minor 7th flat 5 (half-diminished) (C#m7b5) is built from the notes C# – E – G – B. Here are all 4 shapes on the neck, from the open position upwards. Numbers under each diagram are the frets from low E to high E (x = don’t play that string).

C#m7b5 shape 1, Fret 441324
Shape 1 · Fret 4x 4 5 4 5 x
C#m7b5 shape 2, Fret 551214
Shape 2 · Fret 5x x 5 6 5 7
C#m7b5 shape 3, Fret 882341
Shape 3 · Fret 89 x 9 9 8 x
C#m7b5 shape 4, Fret 11111222
Shape 4 · Fret 11x x 11 12 12 12