C#m7♭5
C#m7♭5
C# M7♭5
Intermediate
Diminished
Half-Diminished
Half-diminished chord - common in jazz
Chord Structure
Notes in Chord
C#
RootE
Minor 3rdG
Diminished 5thB
Minor 7thInterval Details
C#
Root
E
Minor 3rd
G
Diminished 5th
B
Minor 7th
Interval Formula
1P - 3m - 5d - 7m
Sound Character
Timbre
Highly tense
Emotion
Scary, tense, dramatic
Suitable Genres
Jazz, Classical, Horror music
Inversions
An inversion is a rearrangement of the notes in a chord, with a different note as the bass (lowest note).
Root Position
C# - E - G - B
Bass: C#Inversion 1
E - G - B - C#
Bass: EInversion 2
G - B - C# - E
Bass: GInversion 3
B - C# - E - G
Bass: BCompatible Scales
These scales can be used when improvising or soloing over the C#m7♭5 chord.
Related Chords
Extended from C#m7♭5
C#7#9#11
C#13#9#11
C#7#9#11b13
C#m9b5
Simplified
C#dim
Alternate Symbols
C#m7b5
C#ø
C#-7b5
C#h7
C#h
Tags
half-diminished
seventh
Piano
Voicing 1 / 5
Guitar
Position 1 / 4
Ukulele
Position 1 / 4