CHORD REFERENCE

D7♭5

D – F♯ – A♭ – C1 3 b5 b7

The D 7♭5 chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
D1F♯3A♭b5Cb7

D7♭5 is D, F#, Ab, C — the 1, 3, b5 and b7 above the root D.

Piano
DCF♯A♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯A♭CDBCDF♯A♭GA♭CDF♯DDF♯A♭CDACDF♯A♭EF♯A♭CD

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912ACDF♯A♭EF♯A♭CDCCDF♯A♭CGA♭CDF♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only D, F#, Ab, C plays the chord.

In which keys

D7♭5 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other D chords

Triads

DMajorDmMinorD5Power Chord (5)DdimDiminishedDaugAugmentedDsus2Suspended 2ndDsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

D6Major 6thDm6Minor 6thD7Dominant 7thDmaj7Major 7thDm7Minor 7thDm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thDdim7Diminished 7thDm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)D7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

D7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)D7♭97♭9D7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Dadd9Added 9thD6/96/9D9Dominant 9thDmaj9Major 9thDm9Minor 9thD11Dominant 11thD13Dominant 13th
7♭5 on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
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