Dm7♭5 chord on Cavaquinho

in Standard (DGBD) tuning

○123DG#CF
Dm7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:D · F · G# · C
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
DDDFCG#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 1 1 3– 1 2 3D G# C Fmedium
3 5 3 61 2 1 3F C D G#medium · barre on fret 3
0 5 6 6– 1 2 3D C F G#easy
6 7 6 101 2 1 3G# D F Chard · barre on fret 6
0 10 9 10– 2 1 3D F G# Ceasy
3 1 1 03 1 2 –F G# C Dmedium
6 5 3 34 3 1 2G# C D Fmedium
6 5 6 02 1 3 –G# C F Deasy
10 7 6 64 3 1 2C D F G#hard
12 10 9 104 2 1 3D F G# Cmedium
10 10 9 02 3 1 –C F G# Deasy
10 10 9 122 3 1 4C F G# Dmedium

The Dm7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes D, F, G#, C. Below are playable fingerings for Cavaquinho 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 Dm7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10D
♭33F
♭56G#
♭710C

More D chords

Other roots

See Dm7♭5 in another tuning

Standard (DGBD) D-G-B-D
What notes make up the Dm7♭5 chord?

Dm7♭5 is a Half-Diminished 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.