Cb

How to play the Cb (C flat) Major Chord on your piano or keyboard

From the chord symbol Cb we get the following information:

• The Cb chord has the note Db as root note
• The Cb chord is a 3-note chord (a triad)
• The Cb chord is a major chord

Because Cb is a 3-note chord it also has 3 inversions:

• Root inversion
• 1st. inversion
• 2nd. inversion

Cb chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: Cb (same as B) – Eb – Gb

Cb chord – 1st. inversion (root note at the top of the chord): Eb – Gb – Cb (same as B)

Cb chord – 2nd. inversion (root note in the middle of the chord): Gb – Cb(same as B) – Eb

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Cb chord – fingering:

Root inversion:

Finger	1	3	5
Note	Cb	Eb	Gb

1st. inversion:

Finger	1	2	5
Note	Eb	Gb	Cb

2nd. inversion:

Finger	1	3	5
Note	Gb	Cb	Eb

Db chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:

The Cb chord is the 1st. step in the Cb major scale

Step	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chord	Cb	Dbm	Ebm	Fb	Gb	Abm	Bbm(b5)

The Cb chord is the 4th. step in the Gb major scale

Step	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chord	Gb	Abm	Bbm	Cb	Db	Em	Fm(b5)

The Cb chord is the 5th. step in the Gb major scale

Step	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chord	Fb	Gbm	Abm	Bb	Cb	Dbm	Ebm(b5)

The Cb chord is the 3rd. step in the Ab minor scale

Step	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chord	Abm	Bbm(b5)	Cb	Dbm	Ebm	Fb	Gb