x 4 3 4 2 x
Db7
Notes: Db · F · Ab · Cb
Also spelled C#7
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Extensions
Common shapes (4)
x 4 6 4 6 4
9 8 6 6 6 7
9 11 9 10 9 9
Other shapes (51)
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x 4 3 4 0 x
x 4 3 4 0 4
x 4 3 1 0 x
x 4 3 1 0 1
x 4 3 1 0 4
x 4 3 4 0 1
x 4 3 6 0 x
x 4 3 6 0 4
x 4 6 4 6 x
x x 11 10 0 9
x 4 3 4 6 x
9 8 9 x 0 x
About Db7
The Db7 chord is made up of Db (root), F (major third), Ab (perfect fifth) and Cb (minor seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – 3 – 5 – b7. It is a dominant seventh chord: a major chord plus a minor seventh, which gives it the characteristic tension of blues and jazz.
Db7 has 4 common voicings, based on the C, A, G and E shapes of the CAGED system. There are 51 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. Another way to write Db7 is C#7 (the same piano key, with a different name). Db7 is the usual choice.