D♭m7

D♭1F♭♭3A♭5C♭♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

Written the other way round it is C♯m7 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x42100

easy

Fig. 3

x46600

easy

Fig. 4

x42400

easy · no 5

Fig. 5

x46400

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

x42404

moderate

What is true of it

D♭m7 is D♭, F♭, A♭ and C♭ — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from D♭.

These are also the notes of E6/D♭. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x42100: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D♭, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

D♭m7/F♭

042100

second inversion

D♭m7/A♭

446400

third inversion

D♭m7/C♭

x22120

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D♭ in other shapes

D♭7dominant seventh D♭maj7major seventh D♭m(maj7)minor major seventh D♭major D♭mminor D♭dimdiminished

Cm7 Dm7 D♯m7 E♭m7 Em7 Fm7 F♯m7 G♭m7 all 374