SCALE REFERENCE

D Harmonic Minor

D – E – F – G – A – B♭ – C♯1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7

Natural minor with a raised 7th, so the V chord becomes major and pulls strongly home. The gap between b6 and 7 gives it its distinctive colour.

Notes & degrees
D1E2Fb3G4A5B♭b6C♯7
NotesD, E, F, G, A, Bb, C#
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
DEFGAB♭C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGAB♭C♯DEBC♯DEFGAB♭GGAB♭C♯DEFGDDEFGAB♭C♯DAAB♭C♯DEFGAEEFGAB♭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♯DEFGAEEFGAB♭C♯DECC♯DEFGAB♭GGAB♭C♯DEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iDmDm(maj7)
ii°EdimEm7♭5
♭III+FaugFmaj7♯5
ivGmGm7
VAA7
♭VIB♭B♭maj7
vii°C♯dimC♯dim7

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

iDmii°Edim♭III+FaugivGmVA♭VIB♭vii°C♯dim
Other scales on D

Core scales & modes

D MajorD Natural 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 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 Minor 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.