D♯ minor / E♭ minor

3-note minor on D♯ / E♭D♯, F♯, A♯.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

The major triad with its third lowered a semitone — the darker, more wistful counterpart.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1D♯root
♭3F♯minor third
5A♯perfect fifth

The formula reads in semitones above the root (D♯): 1, ♭3, 5. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

1342
open position
3241
open position
6fr113421
from fret 6
11fr134111
from fret 11

Ukulele fingerings · 4

3421
open position
3fr1333
from fret 3
6fr3111
from fret 6
6fr3114
from fret 6

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other D♯ / E♭ chords

minor chords on every root