How to play the C#m7b5 piano chord

(Basic C#m7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the C#m7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: C#m7b5, C#m7(b5), C#ø7
• The C#m7b5 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
• A minor-seventh-flat-five chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Lowered (flat) fifth, Minor seventh
• The 4 notes in the C#m7b5 chord are: C# – E – G – B
• A minor-seventh-flat-five chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

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In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the C#m7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the C#m7b5 chord

• The C#m7b5 chord is step 1 in the C# locrian scale.
• The C#m7b5 chord is step 7 in the D major (ionian) scale

The C# locrian scale consists of the notes: C# – D – E – F# – G – A – B – (C#)
The D major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: D – E – F# – G – A – B – C# – (D)