SCALE REFERENCE

D Melodic Minor

D – E – F – G – A – B – C♯1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

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
D1E2Fb3G4A5B6C♯7
NotesD, E, F, G, A, B, C#
StepsW – H – W – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledJazz Minor
Piano
DEFGABC♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGABC♯DEBBC♯DEFGABGGABC♯DEFGDDEFGABC♯DAABC♯DEFGAEEFGABC♯DE

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

357912AABC♯DEFGAEEFGABC♯DECC♯DEFGABGGABC♯DEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iDmDm(maj7)
iiEmEm7
♭III+FaugFmaj7♯5
IVGG7
VAA7
vi°BdimBm7♭5
vii°C♯dimC♯m7♭5

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

iDmiiEm♭III+FaugIVGVAvi°Bdimvii°C♯dim
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.