Major & minor
D♭ harmonic minor scale
Minor with a raised 7th: an exotic, classical sound with a strong pull back home.
- Notes
- D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B𝄫C
- Formula
- 12♭345♭67
- Steps
- WHWWHW+HH
How to play the D♭ harmonic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------11-12-14-| B|-------------------------------------10-13-14----------| G|----------------------------9--11-13-------------------| D|-------------------10-11-13----------------------------| A|----------9--11-12-------------------------------------| E|-9--11-12----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 9–14
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------0-3-| E|-------0-2-------| C|-0-1-3-----------| G|-----------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the D♭ harmonic 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
VI
B𝄫
B𝄫maj7
B𝄫 D♭ F♭
Sounds great over
