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D♭7 chord on piano

Db dominant 7th: D♭ · F · A♭ · C♭. It sounds restless — it leans hard toward the chord a 5th below, which is why it ends blues turnarounds.

NotesD♭ F A♭ C♭ Built fromroot + major 3rd + perfect 5th + minor 7th
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On the keyboard

FC♭FC♭D♭A♭D♭A♭

Fingering

Right hand, root position: D♭ — finger 1 · F — finger 2 · A♭ — finger 3 · C♭ — finger 5. (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger.)

Inversions

The same notes in a different order. Inversions are how players move between chords without jumping:

Songs that use D♭7

BeethovenFür Elise A minor · Intermediate ChopinNocturne Op. 9 No. 1 Bb minor · Advanced ChopinWaltz Op. 64 No. 2 C# minor · Advanced ChopinNocturne in C sharp minor (Posth.) C# minor · Advanced DebussyLa fille aux cheveux de lin Gb major · Advanced LisztConsolation No. 3 Db major · Advanced

D♭ chords of every quality

D♭D♭7D♭maj7D♭6D♭augD♭sus2D♭sus4D♭add9D♭9

Every dominant 7th chord

C7D♭7D7E♭7E7F7F♯7G7A♭7A7B♭7B7

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