The D♭ Lydian Dominant scale contains 7 notes: D♭, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C♭.
Lydian dominant is the fourth mode of melodic minor — a major scale with a raised fourth and a lowered seventh. It is the standard choice over an unresolved dominant seventh sharp eleven chord, and it is sometimes called the acoustic or overtone scale.
D♭ Lydian Dominant uses the same notes as A♭ Melodic Minor, started from degree 4 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
D♭ Lydian Dominant 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.
| Derece | Nota | Aralık | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D♭ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | E♭ | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | F | M3 | 4 |
| 4 | G | TT | 6 |
| 5 | A♭ | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | B♭ | M6 | 9 |
| 7 | C♭ | m7 | 10 |
These are the triads built on each degree of D♭ Lydian Dominant using only notes from the scale.
Every scale type that starts on D♭, for comparison.
The D♭ Lydian Dominant scale has 7 notes: D♭, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C♭.
The D♭ Lydian Dominant scale follows the step pattern W–W–W–H–W–H–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
D♭ Lydian Dominant is the mode of A♭ Melodic Minor that starts on its 4 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
The triads built from the D♭ Lydian Dominant scale are D♭, E♭, Fdim, Gdim, A♭m, B♭m, C♭aug.