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D♭ major scale on guitar

D♭ major has 7 notes: D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C. Also called Ionian.

D♭ major: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭C
Degree1234567
Step2212221

D♭ major on the whole neck

Every D♭ major note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

D♭ major scale, note names, frets 0 to 15F2Gb2Ab2Bb2C3Db3Eb3F3Gb3Bb2C3Db3Eb3F3Gb3Ab3Bb3C4Eb3F3Gb3Ab3Bb3C4Db4Eb4F4Ab3Bb3C4Db4Eb4F4Gb4Ab4Bb4C4Db4Eb4F4Gb4Ab4Bb4C5Db5F4Gb4Ab4Bb4C5Db5Eb5F5Gb56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
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D♭ major scale, degrees, frets 0 to 153456712346712345672345671235671234567123456713456712346E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
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D♭ major in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a D♭ falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

D♭ major, position 1, frets 2 to 6456712345671234566E25A24D33G32B31E423456
    Position 1: frets 2–6, 17 notes
    D♭ major, position 2, frets 4 to 8567123456712345676E25A24D33G32B31E445678
      Position 2: frets 4–8, 17 notes
      D♭ major, position 3, frets 6 to 10671234567123456716E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–10, 17 notes
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        D♭ major, position 4, frets 9 to 13123456712345671236E25A24D33G32B31E4910111213
          Position 4: frets 9–13, 17 notes
          D♭ major, position 5, frets 11 to 15234567123456712346E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–15, 17 notes

            Triads in D♭ major

            DegreeChordPages
            1D♭D♭ major arpeggio
            2E♭mE♭ minor arpeggio
            3FmF minor arpeggio
            4G♭F♯ major arpeggio
            5A♭A♭ major arpeggio
            6B♭mB♭ minor arpeggio
            7CdimC diminished arpeggio

            Seventh chords in D♭ major

            DegreeChordPages
            1D♭maj7D♭maj7 arpeggio · D♭maj7 drop 2 · D♭maj7 drop 3 · D♭maj7 drop 2 and 4
            2E♭m7E♭m7 arpeggio · E♭m7 drop 2 · E♭m7 drop 3 · E♭m7 drop 2 and 4
            3Fm7Fm7 arpeggio · Fm7 drop 2 · Fm7 drop 3 · Fm7 drop 2 and 4
            4G♭maj7G♭maj7 arpeggio · G♭maj7 drop 2 · G♭maj7 drop 3 · G♭maj7 drop 2 and 4
            5A♭7A♭7 arpeggio · A♭7 drop 2 · A♭7 drop 3 · A♭7 drop 2 and 4
            6B♭m7B♭m7 arpeggio · B♭m7 drop 2 · B♭m7 drop 3 · B♭m7 drop 2 and 4
            7Cm7♭5Cm7♭5 arpeggio · Cm7♭5 drop 2 · Cm7♭5 drop 3 · Cm7♭5 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of D♭ major, starting from another root.

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