SCALE REFERENCE

D♭ Melodic Minor

D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

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

Minor with a raised 6th and 7th — a minor tonic with a major-scale top half. In jazz it is used ascending and descending both.

Notes & degrees
D♭1E♭2F♭b3G♭4A♭5B♭6C7
NotesDb, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bb, C
StepsW – H – W – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledJazz Minor
Piano
F♭CD♭E♭G♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♭G♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭F♭BCD♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭CD♭E♭F♭G♭DE♭F♭G♭A♭B♭CD♭AB♭CD♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭CD♭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♭CD♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭F♭CCD♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭CGA♭B♭CD♭E♭F♭G♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iD♭mD♭m(maj7)
iiE♭mE♭m7
♭III+F♭augF♭maj7♯5
IVG♭G♭7
VA♭A♭7
vi°B♭dimB♭m7♭5
vii°CdimCm7♭5

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

iD♭miiE♭m♭III+F♭augIVG♭VA♭vi°B♭dimvii°Cdim
Other scales on D♭

Core scales & modes

D♭ MajorD♭ Natural MinorD♭ Harmonic MinorD♭ DorianD♭ 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
Melodic Minor on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯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.