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Db on guitar

Db is a major, spelled Db, F and Ab. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x46664, which sits at fret 4, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 4 and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteDbFAb
Interval1P3M5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

Db major, position 4, capo 04fr234
x46664sits at fret 4, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 4 and mutes 1 string
Db major, open position, capo 0432
x43121sits at fret 1, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 1 and mutes 1 string
Db major, open position, capo 0231
443xxxsits at fret 3, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
Db major, position 9, capo 09fr342
911111099sits at fret 9 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 9
Db major, position 6, capo 06fr324
986669sits at fret 6 and needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 6
Db major, position 10, capo 010fr231
x111110xxsits at fret 10, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
Db major, position 2, capo 02fr3241
x4362xsits at fret 2, spans 4 frets and mutes 2 strings
Db major, position 11, capo 011fr1243
xx11131413sits at fret 11, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
Db major, position 8, capo 08fr2143
981110xxsits at fret 8, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
Db major, position 13, capo 013fr2
xxx131413sits at fret 13, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 13 and mutes 3 strings
Db major, position 4, capo 04fr1234
x4666xsits at fret 4, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
Db major, position 4, capo 04fr231
xxx664sits at fret 4, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 strings

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Db turns up as a C shape, an A shape, a G shape, an E shape and a D shape: C at fret 1, A at fret 4, G at fret 6, E at fret 9, D at fret 11.

Db major, open position, capo 0432
C shapeDb as a C shape: barre at fret 1, fingered x43121.
Db major, position 4, capo 04fr234
A shapeDb as an A shape: barre at fret 4, fingered x46664.
Db major, position 6, capo 06fr324
G shapeDb as a G shape: barre at fret 6, fingered 986669.
Db major, position 9, capo 09fr342
E shapeDb as an E shape: barre at fret 9, fingered 911111099.
Db major, position 11, capo 011fr1243
D shapeDb as a D shape: index finger at fret 11, fingered xx11131413.

Keys Db belongs to

Db is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Db in another tuning

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