CHORD REFERENCE

D♯m7♭5

D♯ – F♯ – A – C♯1 b3 b5 b7

The D♯ Half-Diminished 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
D♯1F♯b3Ab5C♯b7

D♯m7♭5 is D#, F#, A, C# — the 1, b3, b5 and b7 above the root D♯.

Piano
AD♯F♯C♯
Guitar

Ways to play it

A-shape barre — 6th fret
6fr××

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯AC♯D♯BC♯D♯F♯AGAC♯D♯F♯DD♯F♯AC♯AAC♯D♯F♯AEF♯AC♯D♯

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AAC♯D♯F♯AEF♯AC♯D♯CC♯D♯F♯AGAC♯D♯F♯

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

In which keys

D♯m7♭5 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

vii°E majorii°C♯ minor
Other D♯ chords

Triads

D♯MajorD♯mMinorD♯5Power Chord (5)D♯dimDiminishedD♯augAugmentedD♯sus2Suspended 2ndD♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

D♯6Major 6thD♯m6Minor 6thD♯7Dominant 7thD♯maj7Major 7thD♯m7Minor 7thD♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thD♯dim7Diminished 7thD♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

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

Extended & added

D♯add9Added 9thD♯6/96/9D♯9Dominant 9thD♯maj9Major 9thD♯m9Minor 9thD♯11Dominant 11thD♯13Dominant 13th
Half-Diminished on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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