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The most common and effective scales that can be used to solo/improvise over the Db Major chord, or to create melodies for the purposes of song writing are: Which Scales Can Be Played Over the Db chord? The Db chord can also be used itself as a substitute for more complicated chords, such as the Db Major 7 chord, the Db7 chord, and other extension chords which have Db as the root note (it can’t be used in place of minor chords though!). The Db chord can often be substituted with the Db sus 4 chord, the Db sus 2 chord and the Db add 9 chord.
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Often, as in the example below, the first finger does not actually form a barre, but instead simply plays the root note. The most common way to play the Db chord essentially the root-5 Db barre chord, played on the fourth fret. If you’ve come to this page just to view some chord diagrams for Db, here they are. In the key of Db, the following chords will compliment the Db chord: Db, Ebm, Fm, Gb, Ab, Bbm, C diminished.
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