C# half-diminished arpeggio for guitar (C#m7♭5)
Notes, positions, and fretboard fingerings for the C# half-diminished arpeggio (C#m7♭5): C# · E · G · B.
Instrument
Root
Chord
Triads
Sevenths
Position (CAGED)
Frets15
1224
Chord
C#m7♭5
C#EGB
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
C#
Root
· R
E
Third
· ♭3
G
Fifth
· ♭5
B
Seventh
· ♭7
Arpeggio sheet
C#m7♭5Formula (degrees)
R ♭3 ♭5 ♭7
Notes in key
C# E G B
Typical use
Over VII° half-diminished; II in a minor key.
C# half-diminished
The C# half-diminished arpeggio is made up of: C# · E · G · B.
The half-diminished arpeggio (m7♭5): diminished triad plus minor seventh, the chord of the vii degree in a major key and the ii degree in a minor key.