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How to play the Db7 piano chord

(Basic Db7 piano chord and Inversions of the Db7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Db7
  • The Db7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Major third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Db7 chord are: Db – F – Ab – Cb
  • A seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Major third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Db7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Db7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Db7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Db7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)
Db7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)

 

Db7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Db7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Db7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Db7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

More on the Db7 chord

  • The Db7 chord is step 1 in the Db mixolydian scale.
  • The Db7 chord is step 5 (dominant) in the Gb major (ionian) scale

The Db mixolydian scale consists of the notes: Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – (Db)
The Gb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db – Eb – F – (Gb)

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