Arpeggio · D♯°7 · Guitar
The D♯°7 arpeggio is D♯ – F♯ – A – C — chord tones 1 ♭3 ♭5 ?. D♯°7 is passing chords between diatonic chords, and as a 7♭9 without its root; its sound is symmetrical, restless. Below, every D♯, F♯, A, C on the fretboard is marked, with the root in gold. Press play to hear a one-octave arpeggio, or tap any note.
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Guitar · standard tuning
Piano
Play loops the arpeggio up and down one octave (switch Loop off for a single pass) in the position starting at fret 6. Tap any marked note to hear it. “Show” switches or combines the fretboard and keyboard; “Sound” picks the instrument you hear. Audio is synthesized in the browser.
Reference
| Chord tone | Note | Interval from D♯ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | D♯ | unison (0 semitones) |
| ♭3 | F♯ | minor 3rd (3 semitones) |
| ♭5 | A | tritone (6 semitones) |
| ? | C | major 6th (9 semitones) |
Goes with: E♭ Diminished (whole–half) (E♭ F G♭ A♭ A B C D). Voicings: D♯°7 voicings on guitar.
Common questions
D♯ – F♯ – A – C. As chord tones: 1 ♭3 ♭5 ?. Played one after another instead of together, that is the arpeggio.
D♯°7 is passing chords between diatonic chords, and as a 7♭9 without its root. Its character is symmetrical, restless.
E♭ Dim. W–H (E♭ F G♭ A♭ A B C D) — the arpeggio is the skeleton of that scale, so practise them together.
Start on the root D♯ on the A string at fret 6 and play A-string fret 6, A-string fret 9, D-string fret 7, D-string fret 10, G-string fret 8. Then play it descending, then in eighth notes with a metronome, then over the passing chords between diatonic chords.
Keep going
Same arpeggio on piano · Diminished 7th hub · chord-scale theory.
Other arpeggios from D♯