D#m7b5/C Guitar Chord

The D# half-diminished over C is a dominant chord. Explore fingerings, progressions, and theory analysis below.

Finger Positions

Dominant
D#m7b5/C diagram
Root Note D#
Name D# half-diminished over C
Intervals 1P-3m-5d-7m
Relative Minor Cm
Notes C, D#, F#, A, C#
Aliases D#m7b5, D#ø, D#-7b5, D#h7, D#h

Common Progressions Popular patterns using D#

I-V-vi-IV

D# → A# → Cm → G#

vi-IV-I-V

Cm → G# → D# → A#

Diatonic Family (Triads)

D# Fm Gm G# A# Cm Ddim

Diatonic Family (7ths)

D#maj7 Fm7 Gm7 G#maj7 A#7 Cm7 Dm7b5

Scale Compatibility

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Minor Blues Locrian Locrian Pentatonic Super Locrian Pentatonic Altered Locrian #2 Locrian 6 Dorian #4 Hungarian Major Flamenco Bebop Locrian Half-Whole Diminished Composite Blues Messiaen's Mode #3 Chromatic

* 15 scales found containing the notes C, D#, F#, A, C#.

Audio & MIDI Analysis

MIDI Numbers 60, 63, 66, 69, 61
Frequencies (Hz)

261.6255653005986, 311.1269837220809, 369.9944227116344, 440, 277.1826309768721