x 4 5 4 5 x
Dbm7b5
Db half-diminished (m7b5)
Notes: Db · Fb · Abb · Cb
Abb sounds the same as G.
More common: C#m7b5
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Common shapes (3)
9 x 9 9 8 x
x x 11 12 12 12
Other shapes (62)
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x 4 x 0 0 0
x 4 5 0 0 0
x 4 2 0 0 0
x x 11 0 0 0
x 4 5 4 0 0
x 4 2 0 0 3
x 4 5 6 0 0
9 x 9 0 0 0
9 10 9 0 0 0
9 7 9 0 0 0
x 4 5 4 5 0
x 4 2 4 0 3
About Dbm7b5
The Dbm7b5 chord is made up of Db (root), Fb (minor third), Abb (diminished fifth) and Cb (minor seventh). Its interval formula is 1 – b3 – b5 – b7. It is the chord on the seventh degree of the major scale (viiø7) and the usual chord on the second degree of minor progressions in jazz (iiø7, V7, i).
On guitar, Dbm7b5 has 3 common shapes: the A, E and D shapes. These are CAGED system shapes, the basis for playing the same chord anywhere on the neck. The viewer also shows 62 more voicings, from easiest to hardest. Dbm7b5 is also written as C#m7b5: the same chord with the root spelled differently, and it sounds identical. The more common spelling is C#m7b5.