Db Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of Db Major

🍎 Here's a crunchy D flat major scale reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard, intervals, scale degrees, diatonic chords and common chord progressions in D♭ major.

🎸 You'll also find the D♭ major scale on the guitar fretboard.

ⓘ The C^♯ major scale is enharmonic to the D_♭ major scale. It has the same pitches, but uses different notes names: C^♯ D^♯ E^♯ F^♯ G^♯ A^♯ B^♯.

The D_♭ major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches D_♭, E_♭, F, G_♭, A_♭, B_♭ and C. Its relative minor is B_♭ minor.

The key signature for the D_♭ major scale has 5 flats: B_♭, E_♭, A_♭, D_♭ and G_♭.

The key of D_♭ major is closely related to the key of G_♭ major and the key of A_♭ major.

→ go to all major & minor scales

D♭ major scale piano layout & finger position

Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the D♭ major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the D♭ major scale up and down:

• D_♭
• E_♭
• F
• G_♭
• A_♭
• B_♭
• C
• D_♭

D♭ Major Scale on Guitar

🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the D_♭ major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:

You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the D♭ major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):

Chords in the key of D♭ major
(D♭ major diatonic chords)

The diatonic chords in the key of D♭ major are: D_♭ major, E_♭ minor, F minor, G_♭ major, A_♭ major, B_♭ minor and C diminished

Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.

Popular Songs in the Key of D♭ Major

• Mr. Brightside by The Killers
• Little Red Corvette by Prince
• Sacrifice by Elton John
• I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
• A Case of You by Joni Mitchell
• Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse
• Drop It Like It's Hot by Snoop Dogg
• (Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams
• American Woman by Lenny Kravitz
• Because You Loved Me by Céline Dion

Major scale formula

🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:

• W-W-H-W-W-W-H

W = Whole step   H = Half step

go to a different major or minor scale:

C majorC^♯ majorD majorE_♭ majorE majorF majorF^♯ majorG_♭ majorG majorA_♭ majorA majorB_♭ majorB majorC_♭ major

C minor C^♯ minor D_♭ minorD minorD^♯ minorE_♭ minorE minorF minorF^♯ minorG minorG^♯ minorA_♭ minorA minorA^♯ minorB_♭ minorB minor