D#m7♭5
D#m7♭5
D# M7♭5
Intermediate
Diminished
Half-Diminished
Half-diminished chord - common in jazz
Chord Structure
Notes in Chord
D#
RootF#
Minor 3rdA
Diminished 5thC#
Minor 7thInterval Details
D#
Root
F#
Minor 3rd
A
Diminished 5th
C#
Minor 7th
Interval Formula
1P - 3m - 5d - 7m
Sound Character
Timbre
Highly tense
Emotion
Scary, tense, dramatic
Suitable Genres
Jazz, Classical, Horror music
Inversions
An inversion is a rearrangement of the notes in a chord, with a different note as the bass (lowest note).
Root Position
D# - F# - A - C#
Bass: D#Inversion 1
F# - A - C# - D#
Bass: F#Inversion 2
A - C# - D# - F#
Bass: AInversion 3
C# - D# - F# - A
Bass: C#Compatible Scales
These scales can be used when improvising or soloing over the D#m7♭5 chord.
Related Chords
Extended from D#m7♭5
D#7#9#11
D#13#9#11
D#7#9#11b13
D#m9b5
Simplified
D#dim
Alternate Symbols
D#m7b5
D#ø
D#-7b5
D#h7
D#h
Tags
half-diminished
seventh
Piano
Voicing 1 / 5
Guitar
Position 1 / 4
Ukulele
No ukulele chord found for D#m7♭5