What notes are in the C mMaj7b6 chord?

The C mMaj7b6 chord contains the notes C · Eb · G · Ab · B: the root C with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 7M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the C mMaj7b6 chord?

Measured from C, the C mMaj7b6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 7M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the C mMaj7b6 chord?

On guitar the most common C mMaj7b6 shape is x31004, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C3 · Eb3 · G3 · Ab3 · B3 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

C MMaj7b6 Chord (CmMaj7b6): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	C3 · Eb3 · G3 · Ab3 · B3
Open (drop 2)	Ab2 · C3 · Eb3 · G3 · B3
Shell	C3 · Eb3 · B3
Rootless	Eb3 · Ab3 · B3

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Anatomy

C mMaj7b6 (CmMaj7b6) contains the notes C · Eb · G · Ab · B, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of C mMaj7b6 puts a chord tone other than C in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales C mMaj7b6 belongs to.

In which keys

C mMaj7b6 is diatonic to 1 key; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

C minoriMaj7b6Tonic

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

C mMaj7b6 fits inside these scales, each built on C.

C Harmonic MinorC · D · Eb · F · G · Ab · B
C AugmentedC · D# · E · G · G# · B
C Augmented HeptatonicC · D# · E · F · G · G# · B
C BalineseC · Db · Eb · F · G · Ab · B
C Hungarian MinorC · D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · B
C Todi RagaC · Db · Eb · F# · G · Ab · B
C Minor BebopC · D · Eb · F · G · Ab · Bb · B
C Minor Six DiminishedC · D · Eb · F · G · Ab · A · B

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with C mMaj7b6: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

CmMaj7C · Eb · G · B
Cmb6M7C · Eb · Ab · B
CmC · Eb · G
Cm#5C · Eb · G#
C5C · G

Richer

CmMaj9b6C · Eb · G · Ab · B · D

mMaj7b6 on every root

C#mMaj7b6 DmMaj7b6 EbmMaj7b6 EmMaj7b6 FmMaj7b6 F#mMaj7b6 GmMaj7b6 AbmMaj7b6 AmMaj7b6 BbmMaj7b6 BmMaj7b6

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Understanding the C mMaj7b6 chord

Names and symbols

CmMaj7b6 is the chord symbol for C mMaj7b6.

mMaj7, m/maj7, mΔ7, −Δ7 and mM7 all mean the minor-major seventh: a minor triad with a major seventh. Every spelling tries to say both qualities at once.

Common questions

What notes are in the C mMaj7b6 chord?: The C mMaj7b6 chord contains the notes C · Eb · G · Ab · B: the root C with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 7M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the C mMaj7b6 chord?: Measured from C, the C mMaj7b6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 7M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the C mMaj7b6 chord?: On guitar the most common C mMaj7b6 shape is x31004, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C3 · Eb3 · G3 · Ab3 · B3 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.