Dbm
How to play the D Flat Minor Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Dbm we get the following information:
- The Dbm chord has the note Db as root note
- The Dbm chord is a 3-note chord (a triad)
- The Dbm chord is a minor chord
Because Dbm is a 3-note chord it also has 3 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
Dbm chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: Db – Fb – Ab
Dbm chord – 1st. inversion (root note at the top of the chord): Fb – Ab – Db
Dbm chord – 2nd. inversion (root note in the middle of the chord): Ab – Db – Fb
Dbm chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Db | Fb | Ab |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Note | Fb | Ab | Db |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Ab | Db | Fb |
Dbm chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Dbm chord is the 1st. step in the D flat minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Dbm | Ebm(b5) | Fb | Gbm | Abm | Bbb | Cb |
The Dbm chord is the 4th. step in the Ab minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Abm | Bbm(b5) | Cb | Dbm | Ebm | Fb | Gb |
The Dbm chord is the 5th. step in the Gb minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Gbm | Abm(b5) | Bbb | Cbm | Dbm | Ebb | Fb |
The Dbm chord is the 6th. step in the Fb major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Fb | Gbm | Abm | Bbb | Cb | Dbm | Ebm(b5) |