Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

DM7♭5D Major 7th Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

DM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x x 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 x 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 0 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

DM7♭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 Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x x 1 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 2 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 x 1 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 0 1 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

D Major 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 1 2 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How DM7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · A♯ · D♯

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

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