C m7#5 Chord on Classical Guitar

Play C m7#5 on Classical Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The C m7#5 chord is a minor seventh with a raised fifth, an altered, unstable color. It is built from the notes C, D#, G#, A#. This page shows how to play C m7#5 on Classical Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on Classical Guitar: the lowest shape barres fret 8 and covers 4 frets. C falls on the E string. It sounds from C3 up to C5.

It has nylon strings on a wider, flatter neck than a steel-string guitar, which is why it is played fingerstyle rather than with a pick.

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.