SCALE REFERENCE

D♭ Dorian

D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C♭1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7

Also written C♯ Dorian — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Minor with a natural 6th — the brightest of the minor modes. The 2nd mode of the major scale; think 'So What', 'Scarborough Fair'.

Notes & degrees
D♭1E♭2F♭b3G♭4A♭5B♭6C♭b7
NotesDb, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb
StepsW – H – W – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
F♭C♭D♭E♭G♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭BC♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭DE♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭CD♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iD♭mD♭m7
iiE♭mE♭m7
♭IIIF♭F♭maj7
IVG♭G♭7
vA♭mA♭m7
vi°B♭dimB♭m7♭5
♭VIIC♭C♭maj7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iD♭miiE♭m♭IIIF♭IVG♭vA♭mvi°B♭dim♭VIIC♭
Other scales on D♭

Core scales & modes

D♭ MajorD♭ Natural MinorD♭ Harmonic MinorD♭ Melodic MinorD♭ PhrygianD♭ LydianD♭ MixolydianD♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

D♭ Major PentatonicD♭ Minor PentatonicD♭ BluesD♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D♭ Harmonic MajorD♭ Phrygian DominantD♭ Lydian DominantD♭ AlteredD♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

D♭ Whole ToneD♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)D♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)D♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

D♭ Hungarian MinorD♭ Double Harmonic MajorD♭ Neapolitan Minor
Dorian on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.