Chord

Db Diminished 7

  • Dbdim7
  • Dbo7
  • Db°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Dbm3Fbm3Abbm3Cbb

Db Diminished 7, written Dbdim7, is built from Db, Fb, Abb and Cbb: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Fb and Cbb, 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.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    Db Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    C# Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18