SCALE REFERENCE

D Natural Minor

D – E – F – G – A – B♭ – C1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

The plain minor scale — the relative minor of a major key, using the same notes from a different home note.

Notes & degrees
D1E2Fb3G4A5B♭b6Cb7
NotesD, E, F, G, A, Bb, C
StepsW – H – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledAeolian
Piano
DEFGACB♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGAB♭CDEBCDEFGAB♭GGAB♭CDEFGDDEFGAB♭CDAAB♭CDEFGAEEFGAB♭CDE

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

357912AAB♭CDEFGAEEFGAB♭CDECCDEFGAB♭CGGAB♭CDEFG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iDmDm7
ii°EdimEm7♭5
♭IIIFFmaj7
ivGmGm7
vAmAm7
♭VIB♭B♭maj7
♭VIICC7

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

iDmii°Edim♭IIIFivGmvAm♭VIB♭♭VIIC
Common progressions in D minor

i – ♭VII – ♭VI

Dm – C – B♭

i – iv – v

Dm – Gm – Am

i – ♭VI – ♭III – ♭VII

Dm – B♭ – F – C

Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.

Related keys
Relative majorF majorParallel majorD major
Other scales on D

Core scales & modes

D MajorD Harmonic 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
Natural Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭A♯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.