Dim & aug familyvii° in D major
D♭ diminished chord
D♭dimD♭ diminished
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 4
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- F♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- A𝄫♭5
- 5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- D♭ Root
- F♭ Minor 3rd
- A𝄫 Diminished 5th
About this chord
What is a D♭ diminished chord?
D♭dim is built from 3 notes: D♭ (the root), F♭ (the ♭3), A𝄫 (the ♭5). Two minor thirds: tight, tense and unstable.
- Notes
- D♭ · F♭ · A𝄫
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
- Also written
- D♭° · D♭o
- Found in
- vii° in D major · ii° in B minor · vii° in D harmonic minor
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