What notes are in the D♭ Lydian scale?

D♭ Lydian contains Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C. Its interval pattern from the root is W – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half).

What chords are in the key of D♭ Lydian?

The diatonic triads are Db, Eb, Fm, Gdim, Ab, Bbm, Cm.

SCALE REFERENCE

D♭ – E♭ – F – G – A♭ – B♭ – C1 2 3 #4 5 6 7

Major with a raised 4th — floating and unresolved, the film-score 'wonder' sound. The 4th mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees

D♭1E♭2F3G#4A♭5B♭6C7

Notes	Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C
Steps	W – W – W – H – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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

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

Chords in the key

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

Other scales on D♭

Lydian on another root

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.