Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Dø7♯5D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

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Gtone

A♯tone

Ctone

Dtone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1 · Notes E · G · A♯ · C · D

How to play it

Dø7♯5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 x 0 3 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 3 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 x 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Dø7♯5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 0 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 0 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 x 0 3 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 x 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 0 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 3 x 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 x 3 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 3 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Dø7♯5 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkytense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C · D

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 1

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