D♭ Minor 11th
Hear the D♭ Minor 11th chord played for you.
Introduction
The D♭ Minor 11th chord is a six-note chord made up of D♭, E, A♭, B, E♭, and G♭. It is built from a root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh, major ninth, and perfect eleventh.
Notes
Key Signature
The key of Db Minor 11th (enharmonically equivalent to C# Minor 11th) has 4 sharps.
Order of sharps
Sharps are added to a key signature in a fixed order. Each new sharp key adds the next sharp on the list.
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Chords in the Key of Db Minor
These are the diatonic triads built on each degree of the Db minor scale:
Theory: Intervals
The D♭ Minor 11th is built by stacking intervals from the root note. The formula R-m3-P5-m7-M9-P11 describes the scale degrees used. The intervals P1-m3-P5-m7-M9-P11 show the distance between each note in the chord.