C♯m7♭5 (half-diminished) / D♭m7♭5 (half-diminished)

4-note half-diminished 7th on C♯ / D♭C♯, E, G, B.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

Also written ø7. A diminished triad with a flat (not double-flat) seventh — the "half" tells you the seventh isn't lowered all the way. The ii of a minor key.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1C♯root
♭3Eminor third
♭5Gflat fifth (diminished)
♭7Bflat seventh (dominant)

The formula reads in semitones above the root (C♯): 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

4fr1324
from fret 4
5fr1214
from fret 5
8fr2341
from fret 8
11fr1222
from fret 11

Ukulele fingerings · 4

12
open position
2314
open position
6fr1234
from fret 6
9fr1312
from fret 9

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other C♯ / D♭ chords

m7♭5 (half-diminished) chords on every root