C 7b5 Chord on Banjolele

How to play the C 7b5 chord on Banjolele: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

The C 7b5 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes C, E, F#, A#. This page shows how to play C 7b5 on Banjolele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the C and E strings open and takes the rest at fret 11, reaching across 3 frets. The root is the C string itself. It sounds from C4 up to A#5.

It has a banjo head on a ukulele neck, which is why it cuts through where a wooden ukulele does not.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.