Db Minor Scale on Piano & Guitar with Db Melodic & Harmonic Minor

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🪴 Here's a fresh D flat minor scale piano keyboard reference, including the D♭ natural minor scale, D♭ harmonic minor scale & D♭ melodic minor scale.

You'll find the notes of the D♭ minor scale with intervals, scale degrees and fingering on the piano. Plus, a tool to play the diatonic chords in the key of D♭ minor.

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

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

The D♭ minor scale is a theoretical scale which contains some double accidentals. For this reason, it's not used often and its enharmonic equivalent scale is that's generally used.

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The notes of the D♭ minor scale are D_♭, E_♭, F_♭, G_♭, A_♭, B_♭_♭ and C_♭

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

D♭ minor scale piano layout & finger position

The D♭ natural minor scale is the default when we just say 'D♭ minor scale'.

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

D_♭
E_♭
F_♭
G_♭
A_♭
B_♭_♭
C_♭
D_♭

G♭

D♭
A♭

E♭
B♭♭

F♭
C♭

F♭
B♭♭

G♭
C♭

D♭
A♭

E♭

left hand

right hand

D♭ Minor Scale on Guitar

🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the D_♭ minor 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♭ minor scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):

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

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

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♭ minor

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

i D_♭ min

iv G_♭ min

v A_♭ min

i D_♭ min

VI B_♭_♭ maj

VII C_♭ maj

i D_♭ min

VI B_♭_♭ maj

iv G_♭ min

v A_♭ min

i D_♭ min

III F_♭ maj

iv G_♭ min

v A_♭ min

i D_♭ min

iv G_♭ min

VII C_♭ maj

ii° E_♭ dim

v A_♭ min

i D_♭ min

VI B_♭_♭ maj

III F_♭ maj

VII C_♭ maj

i D_♭ min

VII C_♭ maj

VI B_♭_♭ maj

VII C_♭ maj

VI B_♭_♭ maj

VII C_♭ maj

i D_♭ min

v A_♭ min

VII C_♭ maj

iv G_♭ min

Toggle D♭ minor scale intervals & scale degrees

degrees	notes	intervals
1: Tonic	D_♭	Unison
2: Supertonic	E_♭	Major 2nd
3: Mediant	F_♭	Minor 3rd
4: Subdominant	G_♭	Perfect 4th
5: Dominant	A_♭	Perfect 5th
6: Submediant	B_♭_♭	Minor 6th
7: Subtonic	C_♭	Minor 7th
1: Octave/Tonic	D_♭	Perfect 8th

D♭ Harmonic Minor Scale

notes: D_♭ E_♭ F_♭ G_♭ A_♭ B_♭_♭ C

D_♭
E_♭
F_♭
G_♭
A_♭
B_♭_♭
C
D_♭

ⓘ↓ about harmonic minor scale

From the natural minor scale, the harmonic minor scale is created by raising the 7th degree by a half step (semitone). That 7th degree becomes a leading-tone instead of a subtonic. It has a rather exotic sound, created by the gap between the 6th and 7th degrees. As its name implies, this scale works especially well for harmonies.

D♭ Melodic Minor Scale

notes: D_♭ E_♭ F_♭ G_♭ A_♭ B_♭ C

D_♭
E_♭
F_♭
G_♭
A_♭
B_♭
C
D_♭

ⓘ↓ about melodic minor scale

The melodic minor scale is at times used with different notes up versus down the scale, but it can be played with the same notes up and down. The melodic minor is created by raising both the 6th and 7th degrees by a half step. The alternative way of coming down the scale is using the natural minor scale down. Here the example uses the same notes up and down the scale.

Minor scale formula

🔧 The minor scales are constructed using these note patterns:

Natural Minor: W-H-W-W-H-W-W
Harmonic Minor: W-H-W-W-H-A2-H
Melodic Minor: W-H-W-W-W-W-H

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W = Whole step H = Half step A2 = Whole step + half step

go to a different major or minor scale:

C major C^♯ major D_♭ major D major E_♭ major E major F major F^♯ major G_♭ major G major A_♭ major A major B_♭ major B major C_♭ major

C minor C^♯ minor D minor D^♯ minor E_♭ minor E minor F minor F^♯ minor G minor G^♯ minor A_♭ minor A minor A^♯ minor B_♭ minor B minor

Db Minor Scale on Piano & Guitar with Db Melodic & Harmonic Minor