How to Play Db7 on Piano

The Db Dominant 7th chord sounds restless and bluesy. It stacks 4 notes: Db – F – Ab – Cb.

A major triad plus a flattened seventh. The tritone between its third and seventh is what makes it lean so hard toward the chord a fourth above.

Notes in Db7

NoteIntervalFinger
DbDb4Root1
FF4Major 3rd2
AbAb4Perfect 5th3
CbCb5Minor 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on Db. Use finger 2 on F, finger 3 on Ab, and finger 5 on Cb.

Where it sits

2 notes of this chord (Db, Ab) are on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Dominant 7th Chords

C7
C – E – G – Bb
D7
D – F# – A – C
Eb7
Eb – G – Bb – Db
E7
E – G# – B – D
F7
F – A – C – Eb
F#7
F# – A# – C# – E
G7
G – B – D – F
Ab7
Ab – C – Eb – Gb
A7
A – C# – E – G
Bb7
Bb – D – F – Ab
B7
B – D# – F# – A

Other Db Chords

Db6
Db – F – Ab – Bb
Db9
Db – F – Ab – Cb – Eb
Db
Db – F – Ab
Dbmaj7
Db – F – Ab – C
Dbaug
Db – F – A
Dbsus2
Db – Eb – Ab
Dbsus4
Db – Gb – Ab
Dbadd9
Db – F – Ab – Eb