What notes are in the Db 7no5 chord?

The Db 7no5 chord contains the notes Db · F · Cb: the root Db with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Db, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the Db 7no5 chord?

Measured from Db, the Db 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the Db 7no5 chord?

On guitar the most common Db 7no5 shape is x43401, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Db3 · F3 · Cb3 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

Db 7no5 Chord (Db7no5): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Db3 · F3 · Cb3

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Anatomy

Db 7no5 (Db7no5) contains the notes Db · F · Cb, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of Db 7no5 puts a chord tone other than Db in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales Db 7no5 belongs to.

In which keys

Db 7no5 is diatonic to 3 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

F# minorV7no5Dominant
F# majorV7no5Dominant
D# minorVII7no5Subdominant

Scales that contain it

Db 7no5 fits inside these scales, each built on Db.

Db Whole ToneDb · Eb · F · G · A · B
Db MixolydianDb · Eb · F · Gb · Ab · Bb · Cb
Db Lydian DominantDb · Eb · F · G · Ab · Bb · Cb
Db Mixolydian PentatonicDb · F · Gb · Ab · Cb
Db Lydian Dominant PentatonicDb · F · G · Ab · Cb
Db PrometheusDb · Eb · F · G · Bb · Cb
Db Leading Whole ToneDb · Eb · F · G · A · Cb · C
Db Hungarian MajorDb · E · F · G · Ab · Bb · Cb

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Db 7no5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Richer

Db7#5Db · F · A · Cb
Db7Db · F · Ab · Cb
Db7#9Db · F · Ab · Cb · E
Db9Db · F · Ab · Cb · Eb
Db13Db · F · Ab · Cb · Eb · Bb
Db9no5Db · F · Cb · Eb

Common substitutions

G7no5G · B · F
G7no5 shares the third and seventh of Db7no5 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
Abm7Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb
Abm7 is the ii chord that leads into Db7no5 in a ii–V.

7no5 on every root

C7no5 C#7no5 D7no5 Eb7no5 E7no5 F7no5 F#7no5 Gb7no5 G7no5 G#7no5 Ab7no5 A7no5 Bb7no5 B7no5

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Understanding the Db 7no5 chord

Names and symbols

Db7no5 is the chord symbol for Db 7no5.

Db 7no5 and C# 7no5 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. C# 7no5

Common questions

What notes are in the Db 7no5 chord?: The Db 7no5 chord contains the notes Db · F · Cb: the root Db with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Db, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the Db 7no5 chord?: Measured from Db, the Db 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the Db 7no5 chord?: On guitar the most common Db 7no5 shape is x43401, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Db3 · F3 · Cb3 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.