Key
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B

DmMaj7b5 guitar chord

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About DmMaj7b5 — shell voicings

DmMaj7b5 names three separate instructions: a minor 3rd, , and major 7th. The result is D, F, Ab and C#.

The flat 5th is the only change from . It must sound, or the voicing is only . This is neither a half-diminished nor diminished-seventh chord.

Also written DmM7b5 or Dm(maj7)b5.

DmMaj7b5 shell guitar chord diagram: D, F, Ab, C#, played xx0664
DmMaj7b5 shell guitar chord voicing: x-x-0-6-6-4.

What is a shell voicing

Shell voicing
R35♭7

Root, 3rd and 7th. The 3rd and 7th set the quality; the 5th adds nothing, so it goes. That frees a string for a tension.

What to play over DmMaj7b5

Useful scales

  • D diminished scale
    +EGBbB

    Contains DmMaj7b5 and adds ninth, eleventh, sharp fifth and thirteenth.

Every scale

Chords near DmMaj7b5

Remove a note

Change one note

  • open strings
    open strings
    C# → Cb

    Replace the major seventh with the diminished seventh.

    See Ddim7 chord →
  • open strings
    open strings
    F → F#

    Raise the minor third to the major third.

    See Dmaj7b5 chord →
  • open strings
    open strings
    C# → C

    Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.

    See Dm7b5 chord →
  • open strings
    open strings
    Ab → A

    Raise the flat fifth to the fifth.

    See DmMaj7 chord →

Diminished and half-diminished chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

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Play Style
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