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Diagram for the Db Diminished 7th Piano Chord

Thanks for visiting List-of-Chords.com! Here's an interactive diagram for the Dbdim7 piano chord. There are many different ways to play the Dbdim7 piano chord. With this interactive chord chart, you can change some basic ways the chord can be played. Press either of the "rotate voicing" buttons to see different ways of voicing the Dbdim7 piano chord. Press either of the "jump octave" buttons to see the Dbdim7 piano chord in different octaves.
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The Notes in the Db Diminished 7th Piano Chord

Db

The root of the chord is always the easiest to find because its name is in the name of the chord!

The root of a Db Diminished 7th chord is Db

Fb

The minor third of a Db Diminished 7th chord is Fb. The minor third is up three half-steps from the Root.

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Finding Fb from Db step by step:

  • Start on: Db
  • Step 1: move up to D
  • Step 2: move up to Eb
  • Step 3: Land on Fb

Bb

The major sixth of a Db Diminished 7th chord is Bb. The major sixth is down three half-steps from the Root (a minor third down).

In diminished chords, the major sixth is also known as the diminished seventh. For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll be learning it as the major sixth, since it's easier to consider it separately than the other two sevenths, the major seventh (M7) and minor seventh (m7)

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Finding Bb from Db step by step:

  • Start on: Db
  • Step 1: move down to C
  • Step 2: move down to Cb
  • Step 3: Land on Bb

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