D7♭5 chord on 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE)

in Chicago (DGBE) tuning

○123DG#CF#
D7♭5
Dominant 7 ♭5
Notes:D · F# · G# · C
easy
Piano Left hand Right hand
DDDCF#G#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 1 1 2– 1 2 3D G# C F#easy
6 5 3 24 3 2 1G# C D F#hard
4 5 3 42 4 1 3F# C D G#medium
0 5 7 4– 2 3 1D C F# G#medium
6 7 7 81 2 3 4G# D F# Cmedium
0 11 9 8– 3 2 1D F# G# Cmedium
10 11 9 102 4 1 3C F# G# Dmedium
12 11 9 84 3 2 1D F# G# Chard

The D7♭5 chord (Dominant 7 ♭5) is built from the notes D, F#, G#, C. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the D7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10D
34F#
♭56G#
♭710C

More D chords

Other roots

See D7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the D7♭5 chord?

D7♭5 is a Dominant 7 ♭5 chord built from the notes D, F#, G#, C.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.