Electric guitar · Half-diminished chord

Dm7b5 Half-diminished

  • Key: D# Major
  • Easy
  • Open chord

Dm7b5 is the D half-diminished chord on electric guitar, made of the notes D · F · G# · C.

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Position 1 of 3Main

Notes

  • D
  • F
  • G#
  • C

Structure

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. ♭5
  4. ♭7
Sound
Half-diminished (m7♭5)
Dark, jazzy
Harmonic function
Dominant
Creates tension that resolves to the tonic.

Harmonic field of D# Major

DegreeChordFunction
ID#Tonic
iiFmSubdominant
iiiGmTonic relative
IVG#Subdominant
VA#Dominant
viCmTonic relative
vii°DdimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Barre fret 1 with your index finger, from string 3 to string 1.
  2. 2Let string 4 ring open.
  3. 3Don't play strings 6, 5.
  4. 4Strum from string 4 down.

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