D♭m

D♭1F♭♭3A♭5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

Written the other way round it is C♯m — 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

x42120

hard

Fig. 3

x46650

hard

Fig. 4

9bb999

moderate · barre

Fig. 5

x4212x

hard

Fig. 6

x4665x

hard

What is true of it

D♭m is D♭, F♭ and A♭ — 1, b3 and 5 counted from D♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x42120: 4 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♭m/F♭

042120

second inversion

D♭m/A♭

446650

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♭major D♭dimdiminished D♭augaugmented D♭5power chord D♭sus2suspended second D♭sus4suspended fourth

Cm Dm D♯m E♭m Em Fm F♯m G♭m all 374