Mandolin D♭ chordD♭ major: 1 3 4 1, and 3 more shapes

Db chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 1 3 4 1, open position
Db (Db major) on the mandolin, GDAE: 1 3 4 1, low course to high (Db/Ab). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 1 3 4 1 (open position) · Db/Ab

  1. G course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), A♭
  2. D course: 3rd fret, ring finger, F
  3. A course: 4th fret, little finger, D♭
  4. E course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), F

Sounds: A♭ F D♭ F  ·  D♭ is D♭, F, A♭ (1 · 3 · 5)

Found in: F♯ major (V), D♭ major (I), A♭ major (IV), E♭ mixolydian (♭VII), D♭ mixolydian (I), A♭ mixolydian (IV)

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

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The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose Mandolin once in its Settings and it remembers.

More D♭ shapes

  1. 3fr4123D♭FD♭A♭6 3 4 4
    3fr
  2. 6fr1134D♭A♭FD♭6 6 8 9
    6fr
  3. 9fr2331FD♭A♭D♭10 11 11 9
    9fr · Db/F

D♭ in session keys

Other D♭ chords, Mandolin GDAE

D♭C♯mD♭7

Other major chords

DGAEBCFB♭E♭F♯D♭A♭

D♭ in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

All Mandolin GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app