C# m7#5 Chord on Mandocello

Play C# m7#5 on Mandocello: 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#, E, G##, B. This page shows how to play C# m7#5 on Mandocello with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The A course rings open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 4-fret stretch. C# falls on the C course. It sounds from C#2 up to G##3.

Mandocello is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

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.