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Chords › Cm7b5
Which scales on a half-diminished chord?
The half-diminished chord (ø) plays the ii role in minor cadences. With its diminished fifth, its scales steer clear of the perfect fifth.
Cm7b5 = C · Eb · Gb · Bb
guide tones (3rd & 7th) avoid
The core scale
Locrian — unstable half-diminished
RC b9Db b3Eb 11F b5Gb b13Ab b7Bb
The most unstable mode: b3, b5 and b9 abolish any rest, the diminished fifth keeps the chord from holding together. This is the color of half-diminished chords (m7b5), with the b9 remaining the most fragile note.
1 more colors on a Cm7b5
Beyond the safe scale, the half-diminished chord takes 1 more, from the gentlest to the most tense (Aebersold order):
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