Key

C C♯D E♭E F F♯G A♭A B♭B

CmMaj7b5 guitar chord

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About CmMaj7b5

CmMaj7b5 names three separate instructions: a minor 3rd, , and major 7th. The result is C, Eb, Gb and B.

The flat 5th is the only change from . It must sound, or the voicing is only . This is neither a half-diminished nor diminished-seventh chord.

Also written CmM7b5 or Cm(maj7)b5.

CmMaj7b5 guitar chord diagram: C, Eb, Gb, B, played x3x442 — CmMaj7b5 guitar chord voicing: x-3-x-4-4-2.

What to play over CmMaj7b5

Useful scales

C diminished scale
+DFAbA
Contains CmMaj7b5 and adds ninth, eleventh, sharp fifth and thirteenth.

Chords near CmMaj7b5

Remove a note

− B
Remove the major seventh.
See Cdim chord →

Change one note

B → A
Replace the major seventh with the diminished seventh.
See Cdim7 chord →
Eb → E
Raise the minor third to the major third.
See Cmaj7b5 chord →
B → Bb
Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.
See Cm7b5 chord →
Gb → G
Raise the flat fifth to the fifth.
See CmMaj7 chord →

Diminished and half-diminished chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

Volume

7.5

Play Style

One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.

Instrument

Note length (ms)

350

Picking speed (ms)

150

Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode