Db7sus4(b9)(add3) Suspended

The Db7sus4(b9)(add3) chord is built from the notes Db – Gb – Ab – Cb – Ebb – F.

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Chord tones, one by one

DbRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — Db.

GbThird

Suspended 4th

A perfect 4th replaces the third — tense, wants to resolve (sus4).

AbFifth

Perfect fifth

Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.

CbSeventh

Minor seventh (♭7)

Ten semitones — the dominant/minor seventh. Adds bluesy tension (7, m7).

EbbExtension

Flat ninth (♭9)

A ♭9 — sharp, dissonant tension typical of altered dominant chords.

FExtension

Extension (16 st)

An upper extension 16 semitones above the root.

🎼 Related scales

Phrygian dominantharmonic minor a perfect 5th below

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Phrygian dominant scale; its characteristic note is the ♭9 / ♭2. It is a mode of the harmonic minor a perfect 5th below.

🎸 Genres

Flamenco · Middle-Eastern · Klezmer · Neoclassical metal

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