Db Diminished Chord

Symbol: Dbdim

Diagrams

Staff Notation

Staff Notation

Piano Keyboard

Dbdim chord – keys Db, Fb, Abb highlightedPiano keyboard with keys Db, Fb, Abb highlighted. Db is the root note.FbAbbDb
Dbdim chord – keys Db, Fb, Abb highlightedPiano keyboard with keys Db, Fb, Abb highlighted. Db is the root note.FbAbbDb

Guitar

Guitar chord diagram for Dbdim (4fr)Guitar chord voicing with notes Db, Abb, Db, Fb.Dbdim (4fr)4✕234✕

Intervals

NoteIntervalSemitones
DbP10
Fbm33
Abbd56

Related Chords (Db Root)

Db Dbm Dbaug Dbsus2 Dbsus4 Db5 Db7 Dbmaj7 Dbm7 DbmMaj7 Dbdim7 Dbm7b5

Diminished in All Keys

Cdim Dbdim Ddim Ebdim Edim Fdim F#dim Gdim Abdim Adim Bbdim Bdim

Scales Containing Dbdim

Db Blues Db Locrian D Major D Harmonic Minor D Melodic Minor D Ionian E Melodic Minor E Dorian F Harmonic Minor F# Phrygian G Lydian Ab Harmonic Minor

About the Db Diminished Chord

The Db Diminished chord is built from the notes Db, Fb, Abb. These notes are derived by stacking intervals above the root note Db, following the interval pattern that defines every Diminished chord. Understanding how a chord is constructed from intervals is one of the most valuable skills in music theory, because it allows you to build the chord in any key and recognize it in any context.

You can use this chord in a variety of musical contexts. Try exploring the scales that contain these notes to discover which keys this chord naturally belongs to. Each scale listed above shares all the notes of this chord, making it a diatonic chord within that key. Understanding these relationships helps with songwriting, improvisation, and arranging.

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