D# half-diminished arpeggio for guitar (D#m7♭5)
Notes, positions, and fretboard fingerings for the D# half-diminished arpeggio (D#m7♭5): D# · F# · A · C#.
Instrument
Root
Chord
Triads
Sevenths
Position (CAGED)
Frets15
1224
Chord
D#m7♭5
D#F#AC#
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
D#
Root
· R
F#
Third
· ♭3
A
Fifth
· ♭5
C#
Seventh
· ♭7
Arpeggio sheet
D#m7♭5Formula (degrees)
R ♭3 ♭5 ♭7
Notes in key
D# F# A C#
Typical use
Over VII° half-diminished; II in a minor key.
D# half-diminished
The D# half-diminished arpeggio is made up of: D# · F# · A · C#.
The half-diminished arpeggio (m7♭5): diminished triad plus minor seventh, the chord of the vii degree in a major key and the ii degree in a minor key.