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D♭7♯5

Character: restless

  1. D♭Rtriad
  2. F3triad
  3. A♯5triad
  4. C♭♭7add
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Voicings

7 ways to play D♭7♯5

Every voicing sits inside one of the five CAGED shapes, low to high on the neck, with its octave doublings in grey.

  • Triad note
  • Substitute
  • Added
  • Anchored root
  • Bass
  • Doubling
CC shape 3rd inversion D♭7♯5/C♭
1 2 3 4 R ♯5 3 ♭7

Frets x 2 3 2 2 xNotes C♭ F A D♭Intervals ♭7 3 ♯5 1Base triadD♭ augmented, 1st inversion

The ♭7th gets a string of its own.

CC shape Root position D♭7♯5
1 2 3 4 ♭7 ♯5 3 R

Frets x 4 3 2 0 xNotes D♭ F A C♭Intervals 1 3 ♯5 ♭7Base triadD♭ augmented, root position

The ♭7th gets a string of its own.

CC shape 2nd inversion D♭7♯5/A
1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 3 R ♯5 ♯5 3

Frets 5 4 3 4 6 5Notes A D♭ F C♭Intervals ♯5 1 3 ♭7Base triadD♭ augmented, 2nd inversion

The ♭7th gets a string of its own.

AA shape 2nd inversion D♭7♯5/A
4 5 6 7 ♭7 3 R ♯5

Frets x x 7 6 6 7Notes A D♭ F C♭Intervals ♯5 1 3 ♭7Base triadD♭ augmented, 2nd inversion

The ♭7th gets a string of its own.

GG shape 3rd inversion D♭7♯5/C♭
6 7 8 9 R ♯5 3 ♭7

Frets 7 8 7 6 x xNotes C♭ F A D♭Intervals ♭7 3 ♯5 1Base triadD♭ augmented, 1st inversion

The ♭7th gets a string of its own.

EE shape 3rd inversion D♭7♯5/C♭
9 10 11 12 R ♯5 3 ♭7

Frets x x 9 10 10 9Notes C♭ F A D♭Intervals ♭7 3 ♯5 1Base triadD♭ augmented, 1st inversion

The ♭7th gets a string of its own.

EE shape 2nd inversion D♭7♯5/A
9 10 11 12 ♭7 3 R ♯5 R

Frets 9 12 11 10 12 xNotes A D♭ F C♭Intervals ♯5 1 3 ♭7Base triadD♭ augmented, 2nd inversion

The ♭7th gets a string of its own.

The rules

The construction rules D♭7♯5 follows

  1. Start from a triad

    Root, 3rd and 5th, stacked in thirds. The 3rd makes it major or minor; the 5th makes it diminished or augmented when it moves.

  2. A third on top makes a 7th chord

    A major 7th over a major triad is maj7, a ♭7 is a dominant 7. Over minor you get m7 or m(maj7); over diminished, m7♭5 or the °7, whose 7th is lowered twice.

  3. Alter a dominant for tension

    Raise or lower the 5th or the 9th, or add a ♯11 or ♭13, and a dominant 7th pulls harder towards the next chord: G7♯9, G7♭9, G7♭13.

All the rules, with examples, in the guide to the chord library.

Dominant 7th ♯5 in every key

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D♭7♯5 chord questions

What notes are in D♭7♯5?

D♭7♯5 is spelled D♭ F A C♭: D♭ is the root, F is the 3rd, A is the ♯5th, C♭ is the ♭7th.

What is the formula of D♭7♯5?

1 3 ♯5 ♭7. It is a D♭ augmented triad with the ♭7th stacked on top.

How many ways can you play D♭7♯5 on guitar?

This page shows 7 voicings of D♭7♯5, filed under the five CAGED shapes and named by inversion, from the open position up to the 16th fret.