Piano scale · Major & minor
D♭ melodic minor scale on piano
How to play the D♭ melodic minor scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handD♭2E♭3F♭1G♭2A♭3B♭4C1D♭2
Where the finger numbers restart, tuck your thumb under so you never run out of fingers. Coming back down, use the same fingers in reverse. Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky.
Chords in the D♭ melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
III+
F♭aug
F♭maj7♯5
F♭ A♭ C
Sounds great over
