Dm7♭5
Dm7♭5
D M7♭5
Intermediate
Diminished
Half-Diminished
Half-diminished chord - common in jazz
Chord Structure
Notes in Chord
D
RootF
Minor 3rdAb
Diminished 5thC
Minor 7thInterval Details
D
Root
F
Minor 3rd
Ab
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 - Ab - C
Bass: DInversion 1
F - Ab - C - D
Bass: FInversion 2
Ab - C - D - F
Bass: AbInversion 3
C - D - F - Ab
Bass: CCompatible Scales
These scales can be used when improvising or soloing over the Dm7♭5 chord.
Related Chords
Extended from Dm7♭5
D7#9#11
D13#9#11
D7#9#11b13
Dm9b5
Simplified
Ddim
Alternate Symbols
Dm7b5
Dø
D-7b5
Dh7
Dh
Tags
half-diminished
seventh
Piano
Voicing 1 / 5
Guitar
Position 1 / 4
Ukulele
Position 1 / 4