Major familyImaj7 in D♭ major
D♭ major seventh chord
D♭maj7D♭ major seventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- F3
- 4
- ♭5
- A♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- C7
- D♭ Root
- F Major 3rd
- A♭ Perfect 5th
- C Major 7th
About this chord
What is a D♭ major seventh chord?
D♭maj7 is built from 4 notes: D♭ (the root), F (the 3), A♭ (the 5), C (the 7). Soft, open and a little dreamy: the major seventh sits a half step below the octave.
- Notes
- D♭ · F · A♭ · C
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 7
- Also written
- D♭Δ7 · D♭M7 · D♭ma7
- Found in
- Imaj7 in D♭ major · IVmaj7 in A♭ major · VImaj7 in F minor · IIImaj7 in B♭ minor
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