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Dm7b5 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Minor Seventh Flat Five (Charts)

Dm7b5 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as dm7b5 chord, dm7b5 guitar chord and how to play Dm7b5.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Dm7b5 chord diagram, Open positionDm7b5 Open position: low E muted, A muted, D open, G fret 1, B fret 1, high e fret 1.××123x x 0 1 1 1
Open position
x x 0 1 1 1
Dm7b5 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, A-string root)Dm7b5 Barre (5th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 5, D fret 6, G fret 5, B fret 6, high e fret 8.5fr×1234x 5 6 5 6 8
Barre (5th fret, A-string root)
x 5 6 5 6 8
Dm7b5 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionDm7b5 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 12, G fret 13, B fret 13, high e fret 13.12fr××1234x x 12 13 13 13
Easy 4-string version
x x 12 13 13 13

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Dm7b5 (D minor seventh flat five) on guitar, play x x 0 1 1 1 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains D, F, Ab, C. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 12 13 13 13, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Dm7b5 chord facts

Chord Dm7b5 (D minor seventh flat five)
Other names Dø7, Dmin7b5, D-7b5
Notes D, F, Ab, C
Intervals D (root), F (minor 3rd), Ab (diminished 5th), C (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-b5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Dm7b5 on guitar?

The main shape is x x 0 1 1 1 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the G string at fret 1 (Ab, the diminished 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the B string at fret 1 (C, the minor 7th).