Cm7♭5
Cm7♭5
C M7♭5
Intermediate
Diminished
Half-Diminished
Half-diminished chord - common in jazz
Chord Structure
Notes in Chord
C
RootEb
Minor 3rdGb
Diminished 5thBb
Minor 7thInterval Details
C
Root
Eb
Minor 3rd
Gb
Diminished 5th
Bb
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 - Eb - Gb - Bb
Bass: CInversion 1
Eb - Gb - Bb - C
Bass: EbInversion 2
Gb - Bb - C - Eb
Bass: GbInversion 3
Bb - C - Eb - Gb
Bass: BbCompatible Scales
These scales can be used when improvising or soloing over the Cm7♭5 chord.
Related Chords
Extended from Cm7♭5
C7#9#11
C13#9#11
C7#9#11b13
Cm9b5
Simplified
Cdim
Alternate Symbols
Cm7b5
Cø
C-7b5
Ch7
Ch
Tags
half-diminished
seventh
Piano
Voicing 1 / 5
Guitar
Position 1 / 4
Ukulele
Position 1 / 4