Chord

Db Augmented 7

  • Db7#5
  • Db+7
  • Db7+
  • Dbaug7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DbM3FM3A2Cb
Extends
Db Dominant 7

Db Augmented 7, written Db7#5, is built from Db, F, A and Cb: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, F and Cb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass. G7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for Db7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    Db Whole Tone

    The whole tone scale is in open, suspended harmony and works well with #5 chords.

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    C# Super Locrian

Voicings All 14