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- Dbm3FbM3Abm3Cb
Db Minor 7, written Dbm7, is built from Db, Fb, Ab and Cb: the root, minor 3rd, 5th and minor 7th.
Its 3rd and 7th, Fb 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.
In the progressions here, Dbm7 is the iv7 of the Backdoor ii-V-I Progression in Ab, the i7 of the Minor i-vi-ii-V Progression in Db, the v7 of the Whole-Step ii-V Chain in Gb, the ♭iii7 of the Half-Step ii-V Chain in Bb and the ♭ii7 of the Modal AABA in C.