SCALE REFERENCE

D♭ Major Blues

D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – F – A♭ – B♭1 2 b3 3 5 6

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

Major pentatonic with a chromatic passing note between the 2nd and 3rd — the bright, country-and-western side of blues phrasing.

Notes & degrees
D♭1E♭2F♭b3F3A♭5B♭6
NotesDb, Eb, Fb, F, Ab, Bb
Steps2 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)
Piano
F♭FD♭E♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♭FA♭B♭D♭E♭F♭BD♭E♭F♭FA♭B♭GA♭B♭D♭E♭F♭FDE♭F♭FA♭B♭D♭AB♭D♭E♭F♭FA♭EF♭FA♭B♭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♭D♭E♭F♭FA♭EF♭FA♭B♭D♭E♭F♭CD♭E♭F♭FA♭B♭GA♭B♭D♭E♭F♭F

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

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♭ 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
Major Blues on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭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.