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Drop D tuning

Dbm7b5 on guitar

Dbm7b5 is a half-diminished, spelled Db, Fb, Abb and Cb. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x45000, which sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteDbFbAbbCb
Interval1P3m5d7m

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

Db half-diminished, open position, capo 012
x45000sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Db half-diminished, open position, capo 021
x42000sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Db half-diminished, position 10, capo 010fr213
111011000sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
Db half-diminished, position 9, capo 09fr321
11109000sits at fret 9, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
Db half-diminished, position 6, capo 06fr1
xxx600sits at fret 6, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
Db half-diminished, position 11, capo 011fr1
xx11000sits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
Db half-diminished, position 5, capo 05fr12
xx5600sits at fret 5, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
Db half-diminished, position 7, capo 07fr2134
979009sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
Db half-diminished, position 8, capo 08fr4321
11109080sits at fret 8, spans 3 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
Db half-diminished, position 14, capo 014fr1234
1414140140sits at fret 14, needs no stretch at all and lets 2 strings ring open
Db half-diminished, position 12, capo 012fr2341
x141401412sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Db half-diminished, position 3, capo 03fr4231
x75603sits at fret 3, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string

Keys Dbm7b5 belongs to

Dbm7b5 is diatonic to 8 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

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