D♭ 6th
D♭6
Notes
D♭ · F · A♭ · B♭
Intervals
- RootD♭ (1P)
- Major 3rdF (3M)
- Perfect 5thA♭ (5P)
- Major 6thB♭ (6M)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
Drop-2 voicings (12)
About
The D♭6 chord (D♭–F–A♭–B♭) adds the major sixth to a major triad. The sixth is a stable, consonant addition — it does not introduce dissonance the way a 7th does — which gives 6 chords a warm, slightly vintage sound common in jazz, swing, and older pop. They can substitute for D♭ or D♭Maj7 as tonic harmony when a less tense color is wanted. The B♭ is the defining extension; the 5th can be omitted. On guitar, 6-chord voicings tend to be compact and practical for comping. Compared to D♭Maj7, the 6 feels more grounded and less harmonically ambiguous — the 6th sits further from the root than the 7th does, so it creates no half-step tension.
Chord diagrams
Db 6th voicing charts — tap a sheet to open it full size to save or print.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- D♭ Lydian (I)
- D♭ Major (I)
- D♭ Major Pentatonic (deg 1)
- D♭ Mixolydian (I)
- A♭ Diminished (deg 4)
- A♭ Dorian (IV)
- A♭ Major (IV)
- A♭ Melodic Minor (IV)
- A♭ Mixolydian (IV)
- B Diminished (deg 2)
- B Lydian (II)
- B♭ Blues (deg 2)
- B♭ Dorian (III)
- B♭ Minor Pentatonic (deg 2)
- B♭ Natural Minor (III)
- B♭ Phrygian (III)
- C Locrian (II)
- C Phrygian (II)
- D Diminished (deg 8)
- E♭ Dorian (VII)
- E♭ Mixolydian (VII)
- E♭ Natural Minor (VII)
- F Diminished (deg 6)
- F Harmonic Minor (VI)
- F Locrian (VI)
- F Natural Minor (VI)
- F Phrygian (VI)
- F♯ Lydian (V)
- F♯ Major (V)
- G Locrian (V)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.