Chords in the key of Db major on electric guitar

The key of Db major has seven diatonic chords: Db, Ebm Ebm Ebm Ebm, Fm Fm Fm Fm, Gb, Ab, Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm and C°. As sevenths: Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7, Ebm7 Ebm7 Ebm7 Ebm7, Fm7 Fm7 Fm7 Fm7, Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7 Gbmaj7, Ab7 Ab7 Ab7 Ab7, Bbm7 Bbm7 Bbm7 Bbm7 and Cm7b5. They come from the Db major scale, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb and C, one on each note. On electric guitar, the shapes below are the seventh chords of every degree, and the tonic one has Db in the bass.

On the electric guitar a chord needs only a few clear notes — the amp sustains them and fills the space, so you mute the strings you are not playing and let the tone carry the rest. Plugged into an amp, each chord sustains for as long as you hold it, and the tone — clean or driven — shapes the whole sound.

Seventh chords in Db major on electric guitar

I · tonic× 4 6 5 6 4

ii · subdominant× 6 8 6 7 6

iii · tonic1 3 1 1 1 1

IV · subdominant2 4 3 3 2 2

V · dominant4 6 4 5 4 4

vi · tonic× 1 3 1 2 1

vii° · dominant× 3 4 3 4 ×

Chords in the key of Db major on electric guitar

Seventh chords in Db major on electric guitar

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