D Major Scale

💪 Here's a strong D major scale reference which shows the notes and fingering on a piano keyboard. Plus, an interactive tool to play chord progressions and a list of common chord progressions in the key of D major.

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D major scale

notes: D E F^♯ G A B C^♯

relative minor: B minor

D
E
F^♯
G
A
B
C^♯
D

F♯
B

G
C♯

A
D

D
G

E
A

F♯
B

C♯

left hand

right hand

chords in the key of D major

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

sound selection:

simple drum pattern

BPM:

metronome

arpeggiate

humanize

D major D F^♯ A

E minor E G B

iii

F^♯ minor F^♯ A C^♯

G major G B D

A major A C^♯ E

B minor B D F^♯

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C^♯ diminished C^♯ E G

last chords played

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common chord progressions

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

showhide degrees & intervals

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

making a major scale

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

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

piano samples

The piano samples used here are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

drum samples

The drum samples used here are from “ Mailbox Badger : Public Domain Drum Samples : Vol. 2 ”by Mailbox Badger/Patrick Callan, licensed under CC BY 3.0.