D m7b5 Chord on Guitalele
Play D m7b5 on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D m7b5 chord is a half-diminished (m7b5) chord, central to the minor ii–V–i. It is built from the notes D, F, Ab, C. This page shows how to play D m7b5 on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the D and C strings open and takes the rest at fret 1. Both A strings stay silent, so 4 of 6 sound. The root is the D string itself. It sounds from D3 up to F4.
Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on D or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.