x 4 3 1 1 1
Dbmaj7
Notes: Db · F · Ab · C
Also spelled C#maj7
Triads
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Extensions
Common shapes (3)
x 4 6 5 6 4
9 11 10 10 9 9
Other shapes (16)
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x 4 3 1 1 x
x 4 6 5 6 x
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x 4 x 5 6 4
9 8 10 10 x x
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x 4 3 1 1 4
About Dbmaj7
The Dbmaj7 chord is made up of Db (root), F (major third), Ab (perfect fifth) and C (major seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – 3 – 5 – 7. Its major seventh gives it a sophisticated, stable color, without the tension of the dominant seventh chord.
On guitar, Dbmaj7 has 3 common shapes: the C, A and E shapes. These are CAGED system shapes, the basis for playing the same chord anywhere on the neck. There are 16 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. Dbmaj7 is also written as C#maj7: the same chord with the root spelled differently, and it sounds identical. The more common spelling is Dbmaj7.