How to play the Cm7b5 piano chord

(Basic Cm7b5 piano chord and Inversions of the Cm7b5 piano chord)

• Chord symbol: Cm7b5, Cm7(b5), Cø7
• The Cm7b5 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 Cm7b5 chord are: C – Eb – Gb – Bb
• 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 Cm7b5 piano chord in the 4 positions.

 

 

 

 

More on the Cm7b5 chord

• The Cm7b5 chord is step 1 in the C locrian scale.
• The Cm7b5 chord is step 7 in the Db major (ionian) scale

The C locrian scale consists of the notes: C – Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – (C)
The Db major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – C – (Db)