D# m7#5 Chord on E9 Pedal Steel
D# m7#5 on E9 Pedal Steel as a steel plays it: every straight-bar and short slant position with no pedal or lever down, with the strings to pick.
The D# m7#5 chord is a minor seventh with a raised fifth, an altered, unstable color. It is built from the notes D#, F#, B, C#. This page shows how to play D# m7#5 on E9 Pedal Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on E9 Pedal Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 7 and covers 1 fret. The D and D# strings stay silent, so 8 of 10 sound. D# falls on the G# string. It sounds from F#3 up to D#5.
E9 Pedal Steel is tuned B–D–E–F#–G#–B–E–G#–D#–F#, with 15 frets to work with.
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.