D#m7♭5 chord on 7-String Guitar – Drop A

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

✕✕✕1234D#AC#F#
D#m7♭5
Half-Diminished
Notes:D# · F# · A · C#
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
AD#D#D#F#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x x x 1 2 2 2– – – 1 2 3 4x x x D# A C# F#medium
6 2 4 4 2 2 24 1 2 3 1 1 1D# F# C# F# A C# F#hard · barre on fret 2
6 5 0 4 6 4 x3 2 – 1 4 1 –D# A A F# C# D# xmedium · barre on fret 4
6 5 0 x 6 7 x2 1 – – 3 4 –D# A A x C# F# xhard
x x 6 7 6 7 x– – 1 2 1 3 –x x D# A C# F# xeasy · barre on fret 6
x 11 x 7 8 7 9– 4 – 1 2 1 3x D# x A D# F# C#hard · barre on fret 7
0 9 9 11 8 x x– 2 3 4 1 – –A C# F# C# D# x xmedium
x 11 9 11 x 10 x– 3 1 4 – 2 –x D# F# C# x A xhard
x 11 x 11 11 10 x– 2 – 3 4 1 –x D# x C# F# A xhard
x 11 12 11 11 x x– 1 2 1 1 – –x D# A C# F# x xeasy · barre on fret 11
6 5 0 4 2 2 24 3 – 2 1 1 1D# A A F# A C# F#hard · barre on fret 2
6 2 6 4 2 2 23 1 4 2 1 1 1D# F# D# F# A C# F#hard · barre on fret 2
6 5 4 4 6 4 x3 2 1 1 4 1 –D# A C# F# C# D# xmedium · barre on fret 4
x x 6 x 6 7 5– – 2 – 3 4 1x x D# x C# F# Ahard
6 9 6 7 6 7 x1 4 1 2 1 3 –D# C# D# A C# F# xmedium · barre on fret 6
x 11 x 7 11 7 9– 3 – 1 4 1 2x D# x A F# F# C#hard · barre on fret 7

The D#m7♭5 chord (Half-Diminished) is built from the notes D#, F#, A, C#. Below are playable fingerings for 7-String Guitar – Drop A 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.