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Dominant family

D♭ dominant eleventh chord

D♭11

D♭ dominant eleventh

Piano root position

  • Root
  • 5
  • ♭7
  • 9
  • 11

Guitar standard tuning

Barre · fret 4

Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 4.

E×ADGBe12345Barre at fret 4D♭G♭C♭E♭A♭

Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little

Notation treble clef

𝄞♭♭♭♭♭

Intervals

12 semitones
  1. D♭1
  2. ♭2
  3. E♭9
  4. ♭3
  5. 3
  6. G♭11
  7. ♭5
  8. A♭5
  9. ♯5
  10. 6
  11. C♭♭7
  12. 7
  • D♭ Root
  • A♭ Perfect 5th
  • C♭ Minor 7th
  • E♭ Major 9th
  • G♭ Perfect 11th

About this chord

What is a D♭ dominant eleventh chord?

D♭11 is built from 5 notes: D♭ (the root), A♭ (the 5), C♭ (the ♭7), E♭ (the 9), G♭ (the 11). Root, fifth, flat seventh, ninth and eleventh: played without the third, which would clash with the eleventh.

Notes
D♭ · A♭ · C♭ · E♭ · G♭
Formula
1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11
Also written
D♭dom11
Found in
Outside the major and minor keys

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