How to play Cm7b5

C half-diminished seventhA diminished triad with a flattened seventh. The ii chord of a minor key, and where most minor jazz turnarounds begin.

Notes in Cm7b5

  • Croot
  • D#minor 3rd
  • F#diminished 5th
  • A#minor 7th

Cm7b5 on guitar

2frx
Intermediate
Intermediate
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Intermediate · barre
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Advanced · barre

Cm7b5 on ukulele

2fr
Intermediate
5fr
Intermediate
6fr
Intermediate · open
8fr
Advanced · barre

Cm7b5 on piano

Easy
Easy
Easy
Easy

Tune up before you play it

A half-diminished seventh chord is unforgiving of a flat third. Check the guitar with the browser tuner, then practise the change with the metronome.

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