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D♯ Major 7♭5

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The D♯ Major 7♭5 chord contains the notes D♯, F♯♯, A, and C♯♯.

Notes: D♯, F♯♯, A, C♯♯ · Piano keys: D♯ F♯♯ A C♯♯

Reviewed for accuracy · Last updated July 2026 · Maintained by Justin Evans

E♭ Major 7♭5
This is the same chord as E♭ Major 7♭5 — the same keys on the keyboard, spelled with flats.
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D♯ – F♯♯ – A – C♯♯

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Introduction

The D♯ Major 7♭5 chord is a four-note chord made up of D♯, F♯♯, A, and C♯♯.

Notes

Notes:D♯ – F♯♯ – A – C♯♯

Key Signature

A chord has no key signature of its own, but the D♯ Major 7♭5 is the tonic (I) chord of D# Major, whose key signature has 3 flats (B♭, E♭, A♭).

B♭E♭A♭

Order of flats

Flats are added in a fixed order — the reverse of the sharp order. Each new flat key adds the next flat on the list.

BEADGCF

Mnemonic: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’ Father

Chords in the Key of D♯ Major

These are the triads built on each degree of the D♯ major scale:

C1C2C3C4GC5C6C7C8D#A#
ID♯ Major (major)
DegreeNumeralChordQuality
1ID♯ MajorMajor
2iiF MinorMinor
3iiiG MinorMinor
4IVG♯ MajorMajor
5VA♯ MajorMajor
6viC MinorMinor
7vii°D DiminishedDiminished

D♯ Major 7♭5 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the D♯ Major 7♭5 chord on piano?
The D♯ Major 7♭5 chord contains the notes D♯ – F♯♯ – A – C♯♯. On piano, play these notes together to sound the chord.

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References & Further Reading

The note names, intervals, fingering, and harmony on this chord page are grounded in the following sources. Public domain treatises and scores are linked to their full text; primary data reflects piano.org's own interval-derived dataset.

  1. 1

    Goetschius, Percy(1889)

    The Material Used in Musical Composition

    Public domain treatise
  2. 2

    Riemann, Hugo(1896)

    Harmony Simplified (English translation)

    Public domain treatise
  3. 3

    George Grove (ed.)(1900)

    A Dictionary of Music and Musicians

    Public domain treatise
  4. 4

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