D♭ Dominant 7th Sharp 5
Db7#5 · Root
Every chord tone stacked from the root up.
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D♭ – F – A – C♭
1 – 3 – #5 – b7
The raised fifth gives this dominant chord an altered, forward-moving quality, often resolving to a tonic a fifth below. It can be heard with the whole-tone or altered scale; pianists may omit the root when a bassist supplies it.
The Db7#5 chord sounds distinctive, with a dominant 7th sharp 5 character. Its notes are Db, F, A, Cb.