C7♭5 chord on 7-String Guitar – Drop A

in Drop A (A-E-A-D-G-B-E) tuning

○○21431CEA#F#A#CE
C7♭5
Dominant 7 ♭5
Notes:C · E · F# · A#
mediumbarre on fret 1
Piano Left hand Right hand
CCCEF#A#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
3 0 1 4 3 1 02 – 1 4 3 1 –C E A# F# A# C Emedium · barre on fret 1
3 2 3 2 3 x x2 1 3 1 4 – –C F# C E A# x xmedium · barre on fret 2
3 6 3 4 3 5 x1 4 1 2 1 3 –C A# C F# A# E xmedium · barre on fret 3
x x x 4 5 5 6– – – 1 2 3 4x x x F# C E A#medium
x 8 x 8 5 7 0– 3 – 4 1 2 –x C x A# C F# Ehard
x x x 10 9 7 6– – – 4 3 2 1x x x C E F# A#hard
x 8 7 8 9 7 0– 2 1 3 4 1 –x C E A# E F# Emedium · barre on fret 7
x 8 9 8 9 x x– 1 2 1 3 – –x C F# A# E x xeasy · barre on fret 8
9 12 9 10 9 11 01 4 1 2 1 3 –F# E F# C E A# Emedium · barre on fret 9
x x x 10 11 11 0– – – 1 2 3 –x x x C F# A# Eeasy
3 0 1 4 5 1 02 – 1 3 4 1 –C E A# F# C C Ehard · barre on fret 1
x x 3 2 3 5 2– – 2 1 3 4 1x x C E A# E F#medium · barre on fret 2
x x 3 4 3 5 x– – 1 2 1 3 –x x C F# A# E xmedium · barre on fret 3
x 6 7 4 5 x x– 3 4 1 2 – –x A# E F# C x xmedium
x 8 9 8 x 5 0– 2 4 3 – 1 –x C F# A# x E Ehard
x 8 7 x x 7 6– 4 2 – – 3 1x C E x x F# A#hard

The C7♭5 chord (Dominant 7 ♭5) is built from the notes C, E, F#, A#. Below are playable fingerings for 7-String Guitar – Drop A generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the C7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10C
34E
♭56F#
♭710A#

More C chords

Other roots

See C7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the C7♭5 chord?

C7♭5 is a Dominant 7 ♭5 chord built from the notes C, E, F#, A#.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.