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♯3E♯1F♯2G♯3A♯4B♯1C𝄪2D♯3
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.
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E♯m
E♯m7
E♯ G♯ B♯
vi°
B♯dim
B♯m7♭5
B♯ D♯ F♯
vii°
C𝄪dim
C𝄪m7♭5
C𝄪 E♯ G♯
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