SCALE REFERENCE

D♭ Lydian Dominant

D♭ – E♭ – F – G – A♭ – B♭ – C♭1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7

Lydian's raised 4th with Mixolydian's flat 7th — the natural scale over a 7#11 chord. The 4th mode of melodic minor.

Notes & degrees
D♭1E♭2F3G#4A♭5B♭6C♭b7
NotesDb, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, Cb
StepsW – W – W – H – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledLydian b7, Acoustic, Overtone
Piano
FGC♭D♭E♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭BC♭D♭E♭FGA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FGDE♭FGA♭B♭C♭D♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭

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♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
ID♭D♭7
IIE♭E♭7
iii°FdimFm7♭5
♯iv°GdimGm7♭5
vA♭mA♭m(maj7)
viB♭mB♭m7
♭VII+C♭augC♭maj7♯5

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

ID♭IIE♭iii°Fdim♯iv°GdimvA♭mviB♭m♭VII+C♭aug
Other scales on D♭

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

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

Jazz & altered

D♭ Harmonic MajorD♭ Phrygian 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
Lydian Dominant on another root
CD♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭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.