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Chord

Db Major 6

  • Db6
  • Dbmaj6
  • DbM6
  • Dbmajor6
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DbM3Fm3Ab2Bb

Db Major 6, written Db6, is built from Db, F, Ab and Bb: the root, major 3rd, 5th and 6th.

Its 3rd and 6th, F and Bb, 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.

In the progressions here, Db6 is the I6 of the Rhythm Changes in Db.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Pentatonic

    Db Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    Db Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  3. Mode of Major Bebop

    Db Major Bebop

    The major bebop scale adds a #5 passing tone to the major scale, so that a run of eight...

Voicings All 14