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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

Db7 chord on guitar (Db dominant seventh)

The Db7 chord is the notes Db, F, Ab and Cb. The usual shape is a barre at the 4th fret: x 4 6 4 6 4, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Db7 on the Q key: tap it or press Q to hear it, then strum the strings.

The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press Q or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
Db F Ab Cb
Frets
x 4 6 4 6 4
Shape
Barre, 4th fret
Type
dominant seventh

How to play Db7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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Db7
  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 4th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 6th fret.
  3. Your little finger on the B string at the 6th fret.
  4. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Db7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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Db7 (up the neck)

Play it as 9 11 9 10 9 9, a barre at the 9th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the low E to the high E string at the 9th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the A string at the 11th fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the G string at the 10th fret.

Chords that go with Db7

These share a key with Db7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.