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.

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The notes of the D♭ major scale are D_♭, E_♭, F, G_♭, A_♭, B_♭ and C

The relative minor of the D♭ major scale is B_♭ minor

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_♭

G♭

D♭
A♭

E♭
B♭

F
C

D♭
G♭

E♭
A♭

B♭

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right hand

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:

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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):

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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.

Common chord progressions in the key of D♭ major

Here's list of popular major key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of D♭ major. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords:

I D_♭ maj

IV G_♭ maj

V A_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

vi B_♭ min

ii E_♭ min

V A_♭ maj

vi B_♭ min

IV G_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

V A_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

iii F min

IV G_♭ maj

V A_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

IV G_♭ maj

vi C min

V A_♭ maj

ii E_♭ min

V A_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

vi B_♭ min

IV G_♭ maj

V A_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

IV G_♭ maj

ii E_♭ min

V A_♭ maj

iii F min

vi B_♭ min

ii E_♭ min

V A_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

V A_♭ maj

vi B_♭ min

IV G_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

IV G_♭ maj

V A_♭ maj

I D_♭ maj

V A_♭ maj

ii E_♭ min

iii F min

Toggle D♭ major scale intervals & scale degrees

degrees	notes	intervals
1: Tonic	D_♭	Unison
2: Supertonic	E_♭	Major 2nd
3: Mediant	F	Major 3rd
4: Subdominant	G_♭	Perfect 4th
5: Dominant	A_♭	Perfect 5th
6: Submediant	B_♭	Major 6th
7: Leading Tone	C	Major 7th
1: Octave/Tonic	D_♭	Perfect 8th