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

💪 Here's a strong D 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 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 D major scale has a key signature of 2 sharps: F^♯ and C^♯.

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

• Twist and Shout by The Beatles
• Hotel California by The Eagles
• Harvest Moon by Neil Young
• Wake Me Up by Avicii
• Money by Pink Floyd
• One More Time by Daft Punk
• Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.
• Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
• Loser by Beck
• Jeremy by Pearl Jam
• Lithium by Nirvana
• Under Pressure by Queen
• Higher by Creed

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