Cm7b5 Guitar Chord

The C half-diminished is a dominant chord. Explore fingerings, progressions, and theory analysis below.

Finger Positions

Dominant
Cm7b5 diagram
Root Note C
Name C half-diminished
Intervals 1P-3m-5d-7m
Relative Minor Am
Notes C, Eb, Gb, Bb
Aliases Cm7b5, Cø, C-7b5, Ch7, Ch

Common Progressions Popular patterns using C

I-V-vi-IV

C → G → Am → F

vi-IV-I-V

Am → F → C → G

Diatonic Family (Triads)

C Dm Em F G Am Bdim

Diatonic Family (7ths)

Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 Am7 Bm7b5

Scale Compatibility

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Minor Blues Locrian Locrian Pentatonic Super Locrian Pentatonic Altered Locrian #2 Locrian 6 Dorian #4 Hungarian Major Flamenco Bebop Locrian Half-Whole Diminished Composite Blues Messiaen's Mode #3 Chromatic

* 15 scales found containing the notes C, Eb, Gb, Bb.

Audio & MIDI Analysis

MIDI Numbers 60, 63, 66, 70
Frequencies (Hz)

261.6255653005986, 311.1269837220809, 369.9944227116344, 466.1637615180899