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Dmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

An unusual "Lydian" chord with a major seventh and a lowered fifth. Occasionally found in progressive jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings X–X–0–1–2–2

How to play the Dmaj7b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–1–2–2 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · ring finger

Notation for Dmaj7b5 chord

Other names: D major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: D major 7th flat 5 chord

Intervals and tones in Dmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
Ab Diminished 5th
C# Major 7th

All Variations

Open
X–X–0–1–2–2
Fret 5
X–5–6–6–7–X
Fret 9
10–9–11–11–9–9
Fret 10
10–11–11–11–X–10

More chords with D as the root

The same chord type in other keys