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How to play the Dbm7 piano chord

(Basic Dbm7 piano chord and Inversions of the Dbm7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Dbm7
  • The Dbm7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Dbm7 chord are: Db – Fb – Ab – Cb
  • A minor-seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor 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 Dbm7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Dbm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Dbm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Dbm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Dbm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Dbm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Dbm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Dbm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Dbm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

 

More on the Dbm7 chord

  • The Dbm7 chord is step 1 in the Db minor (aeolian) scale.
  • The Dbm7 chord is step 6 in the Fb major (ionian) scale

The Db minor (aeolian) scale consists of the notes: Db – Eb – Fb – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – (Db)
The Fb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Fb – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db – Eb – (Fb)

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