Dim & aug familyvii°7 in D harmonic minor
D♭ diminished seventh chord
D♭dim7D♭ diminished seventh
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- ♭5
- 𝄫7
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 3
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
- C𝄫𝄫7
- ♭7
- 7
- D♭ Root
- F♭ Minor 3rd
- A𝄫 Diminished 5th
- C𝄫 Diminished 7th
About this chord
What is a D♭ diminished seventh chord?
D♭dim7 is built from 4 notes: D♭ (the root), F♭ (the ♭3), A𝄫 (the ♭5), C𝄫 (the 𝄫7). Symmetrical stacked minor thirds: dramatic, silent-film suspense.
- Notes
- D♭ · F♭ · A𝄫 · C𝄫
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 𝄫7
- Also written
- D♭°7 · D♭o7
- Found in
- vii°7 in D harmonic minor
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