Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D7♭5D Dominant 7th Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1 · Notes E · G♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

D7♭5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x x 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x x 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 3 x 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 3 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 3 4 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

D7♭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 Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x x 1 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 0 1 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x x 0 1 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 3 x 1 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 3 0 1 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 x 1 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 1 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 3 4 1 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How D7♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgybluesyhazy

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1

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