Piano chord · Sevenths
D♭ half-diminished 7th chord on piano
Right hand: D♭ (1), F♭ (2), A𝄫 (3), C♭ (5)
How to play D♭m7♭5 on piano: the keys to press, which fingers to use, inversions and how it’s written on the staff.
Dark and unresolved; often the ii chord in a minor key.
D♭m7♭5 is the viiø7 chord in D major. In minor keys: iiø7 in B minor.
- Notes
- D♭F♭A𝄫C♭
- Formula
- 1♭3♭5♭7
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · diminished 5th · minor 7th
Piano
Root position · numbers are finger numbers
How to play it
Right handD♭1 · thumbF♭2 · indexA𝄫3 · middleC♭5 · pinky
Left handD♭5 · pinkythe root, an octave lower
Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky. Inversions use the same notes with a different one on the bottom — they help you move smoothly between chords. Tap any key to hear it.
Tips for playing D♭m7♭5 on piano
On piano, D♭m7♭5 has one black key (D♭) and three white keys.
Notice the F♭ in D♭m7♭5 (D♭ F♭ A𝄫 C♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–F–A–C), so the minor 3rd has to be written F♭ rather than E — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
