Dim & aug familyviiø7 in E♭ major
D half-diminished chord
Dm7♭5D half-diminished
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 5
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 3 at fret 5.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D1
- ♭2
- 2
- F♭3
- 3
- 4
- A♭♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- C♭7
- 7
- D Root
- F Minor 3rd
- A♭ Diminished 5th
- C Minor 7th
About this chord
What is a D half-diminished chord?
Dm7♭5 is built from 4 notes: D (the root), F (the ♭3), A♭ (the ♭5), C (the ♭7). The ii chord of a minor key: dark but softer than fully diminished.
- Notes
- D · F · A♭ · C
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7
- Also written
- Dø7 · Dø
- Found in
- viiø7 in E♭ major · iiø7 in C minor
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