Cm7♭5 — bouzouki chord
Half-diminished (m7♭5) · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Cm7♭5 (C half-diminished) is built from C E♭ G♭ B♭: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 10-9-8 (C G♭ B♭)
- Root position: 10-6-8 (C E♭ B♭)
- 1st inversion: 1-1-4 (E♭ B♭ G♭)
- 1st inversion: 1-3-4 (E♭ C G♭)
- 2nd inversion: 4-1-1 (G♭ B♭ E♭)
- 2nd inversion: 4-3-1 (G♭ C E♭)
- 3rd inversion: 8-9-10 (B♭ G♭ C)
- 3rd inversion: 8-6-4 (B♭ E♭ G♭)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Cm7♭5 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.
Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)
These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 10-9-8 on trichordo, becomes C 12, A 9, D 8 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.