SCALE REFERENCE

D Harmonic Major

D – E – F♯ – G – A – B♭ – C♯1 2 3 4 5 b6 7

Major with a flat 6th — a major tonic with a hint of minor-key gravity. The parallel of harmonic minor.

Notes & degrees
D1E2F♯3G4A5B♭b6C♯7
NotesD, E, F#, G, A, Bb, C#
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
DEGAF♯B♭C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GAB♭C♯DEBC♯DEF♯GAB♭GGAB♭C♯DEF♯GDDEF♯GAB♭C♯DAAB♭C♯DEF♯GAEEF♯GAB♭C♯DE

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

357912AAB♭C♯DEF♯GAEEF♯GAB♭C♯DECC♯DEF♯GAB♭GGAB♭C♯DEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IDDmaj7
ii°EdimEm7♭5
iiiF♯mF♯m7
ivGmGm(maj7)
VAA7
♭VI+B♭augB♭maj7♯5
vii°C♯dimC♯dim7

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

IDii°EdimiiiF♯mivGmVA♭VI+B♭augvii°C♯dim
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 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
Harmonic Major on another root
CC♯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.