D7♭5 chord on 4-String Bass – Drop D

in Drop D (D-A-D-G) tuning

○231DCF#G#
D7♭5
Dominant 7 ♭5
Notes:D · F# · G# · C
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
DDDCF#G#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 3 4 1– 2 3 1D C F# G#medium
4 3 6 72 1 3 4F# C G# Dhard
4 5 6 51 2 4 3F# D G# Cmedium
0 9 6 5– 3 2 1D F# G# Chard
6 9 10 71 3 4 2G# F# C Dhard
0 11 10 11– 2 1 3D G# C F#easy
4 3 0 13 2 – 1F# C D G#medium
6 3 4 73 1 2 4G# C F# Dhard
6 5 4 54 2 1 3G# D F# Cmedium
6 9 0 52 3 – 1G# F# D Chard
10 9 6 74 3 1 2C F# G# Dhard
12 11 10 114 2 1 3D G# C F#medium
10 11 0 111 2 – 3C G# D F#easy
10 11 12 111 2 4 3C G# D F#medium

The D7♭5 chord (Dominant 7 ♭5) is built from the notes D, F#, G#, C. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Bass – Drop D 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.