Dbmaj7 Db major seventh chord
- Notes
- Db F Ab C
- Formula
- 1 3 5 7
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 11 above the root
- Also written
- C#maj7 (C# E# G# B#)
- Other symbols
- DbM7, DbΔ7
Db to F is a major third (4 semitones), F to Ab is a minor third (3 semitones), Ab to C is a major third (4 semitones). A major triad plus the note a half step below the root (C). It has no tritone, so it sounds settled and soft rather than restless like Db7.
Dbmaj7 on the piano
Root position from Db4: Db4, F4, Ab4, C5. Middle C is C4.
Dbmaj7 on the guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E). Strings run low E on the left to high e on the right, frets downwards; × is a muted string, ○ an open string, and each dot shows the note it sounds, with the root in blue-green. Every shape below has Db as its lowest note.
x 4 6 5 6 4 (low E to high e)
Sounds Db3 Ab3 C4 F4 Ab4
9 x 10 10 9 x (low E to high e)
Sounds Db3 C4 F4 Ab4
The E-shape and A-shape grips are movable: an E-shape chord's root is the note under your first finger on the low E string, an A-shape chord's root is the note on the A string. Slide the same grip up or down to play major seventh chords on other roots.
Dbmaj7 on the ukulele
Standard ukulele tuning is G C E A, drawn with the G string on the left and frets downwards, as ukulele chord charts show it. The G string is tuned higher than the C string (G4 above middle C, a fifth over C4), so the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not on the G string, and a shape can sound as an inversion even when its root is on the G string. All four strings are strummed, so every string plays a chord tone; the root is in blue-green.
1113 (G C E A)
Sounds Ab4 Db4 F4 C5
5544 (G C E A)
Sounds C5 F4 Ab4 Db5
Lowest note F4, so the chord finder reads it as Dbmaj7/F (first inversion).
Inversions of Dbmaj7
An inversion puts a note other than the root in the bass. The name is what semicord's chord finder calls those notes played bottom to top; a slash name like C/E means a C chord with E in the bass.
| Position | Notes, bass first | Named | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Root position | Db F Ab C | Dbmaj7 | |
| 1st inversion | F Ab C Db | Dbmaj7/F | |
| 2nd inversion | Ab C Db F | Dbmaj7/Ab | |
| 3rd inversion | C Db F Ab | Db/C (also read as Dbmaj7/C) |