D#m7♭5 chord on 6-String Guitar – Double Drop D

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

○✕1423D#AF#AC#
D#m7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:D# · F# · A · C#
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
AD#D#D#F#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
1 0 4 2 2 x1 – 4 2 3 –D# A F# A C# xmedium
x 6 4 2 2 x– 4 3 1 2 –x D# F# A C# xhard
x 6 4 6 4 7– 2 1 3 1 4x D# F# C# D# Amedium · barre on fret 4
x 6 7 6 7 7– 1 2 1 3 4x D# A C# F# Amedium · barre on fret 6
7 9 7 8 7 111 3 1 2 1 4A F# A D# F# C#hard · barre on fret 7
x 9 11 8 10 x– 2 4 1 3 –x F# C# D# A xmedium
x x 1 2 2 4– – 1 2 3 4x x D# A C# F#medium
x 6 x 2 2 4– 4 – 1 2 3x D# x A C# F#hard
x 0 4 6 4 4– – 1 2 1 1x A F# C# D# F#medium · barre on fret 4
x 6 7 6 7 x– 1 2 1 3 –x D# A C# F# xeasy · barre on fret 6
7 9 11 8 7 71 3 4 2 1 1A F# C# D# F# Ahard · barre on fret 7
x 9 x 8 10 11– 2 – 1 3 4x F# x D# A C#hard
1 4 4 2 x x1 3 4 2 – –D# C# F# A x xmedium
x 4 4 2 4 x– 2 3 1 4 –x C# F# A D# xmedium
x 6 4 6 x 7– 2 1 3 – 4x D# F# C# x Ahard
x 6 x 6 7 7– 1 – 2 3 4x D# x C# F# Ahard

The D#m7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes D#, F#, A, C#. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Double 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 D#m7♭5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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

More D# chords

Other roots

See D#m7♭5 in another tuning

What notes make up the D#m7♭5 chord?

D#m7♭5 is a Half-Diminished chord built from the notes D#, F#, A, 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.