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Dmaj7#5 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, mysterious chord. Typical of modern jazz — made famous by Wayne Shorter among others. Combines the ethereal major seventh with an augmented fifth.

Guitar

Strings X–X–0–3–2–2

How to play the Dmaj7#5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–3–2–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Muted
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · pinky
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · ring finger

Other names for the Dmaj7#5 chord

Other names: D major 7th sharp 5

Music theory name: major seventh augmented fifth chord

Common name: D major 7th sharp 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Dmaj7#5 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
A# Augmented 5th
C# Major 7th

All variations

Open
X–X–0–3–2–2
Fret 2
2–5–4–3–2–2
Fret 5
X–5–0–6–7–6
Fret 9
X–X–0–11–11–9

More chords with D as the root

The same chord type in other keys