D♭ Chromatic Scale
The D♭ Chromatic scale contains 12 notes: D♭, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B♭, B, C.
D♭ Chromatic scale on the piano
Βασικά στοιχεία
- Scale type
- Chromatic
- Number of notes
- 12
- Τύπος
- H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H
What is the Chromatic scale?
The chromatic scale contains all twelve notes of Western music, each a half step apart. It is not a key of its own but the raw material every other scale is drawn from, and it is used for passing tones and for technique practice.
D♭ Chromatic is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of D♭ Chromatic
| Βαθμίδα | Νότα | Διάστημα | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D♭ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | D | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | E♭ | M2 | 2 |
| 4 | E | m3 | 3 |
| 5 | F | M3 | 4 |
| 6 | G♭ | P4 | 5 |
| 7 | G | TT | 6 |
| 8 | A♭ | P5 | 7 |
| 9 | A | m6 | 8 |
| 10 | B♭ | M6 | 9 |
| 11 | B | m7 | 10 |
| 12 | C | M7 | 11 |
Other scales on D♭
Every scale type that starts on D♭, for comparison.
- D♭ major
- D♭ Dorian
- D♭ Phrygian
- D♭ Lydian
- D♭ Mixolydian
- D♭ Locrian
- D♭ Harmonic Minor
- D♭ Melodic Minor
- D♭ Harmonic Major
- D♭ Hungarian Minor
- D♭ Phrygian Dominant
- D♭ Lydian Dominant
- D♭ Major Pentatonic
- D♭ Minor Pentatonic
- D♭ Blues
- D♭ Whole Tone
- D♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- D♭ Whole-Half Diminished
- D♭ Bebop Dominant
- D♭ Bebop Major
Chromatic in every key
Συχνές ερωτήσεις
What notes are in the D♭ Chromatic scale?
The D♭ Chromatic scale has 12 notes: D♭, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B♭, B, C.
What is the formula for the D♭ Chromatic scale?
The D♭ Chromatic scale follows the step pattern H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H–H, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
