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Guitar chord · Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Dm7b5 chord (D Half-Diminished (m7♭5))

Essential bridge chord on the ii degree of minor ii-V-I jazz progressions.

Notes DFAbC
Formula 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7
Shapes 2 on this page

Dm7b5 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, D.

5th String Root Voicing x 5 6 5 6 x
6th String Root Voicing 10 x 10 10 9 x

Interactive chord diagram

Dm7b5 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Dm7b5

These scales start on D and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Dm7b5 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Dm7b5 chord?
Dm7b5 is D, F, Ab, C: the 1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7 of D.
How do you play Dm7b5 on guitar?
5th String Root Voicing: x 5 6 5 6 x; 6th String Root Voicing: 10 x 10 10 9 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Dm7b5?
Scales on D that contain every note of Dm7b5: D Blues, D Locrian, D Altered, D Half-Whole Diminished, D Locrian Natural 2, D Locrian Natural 6.

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