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Fig. 1 · Db whole tone on the keyboard

piano scale

D♭ whole tone

D♭1E♭2F3G♯4A♯5B♯6

Six notes, every step a whole one. There are only two of these scales in all, and every note can be heard as the tonic.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are C♯ whole tone.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · Db whole tone, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

D♭WE♭WFWGWAWBWD♭

What is true of it

D♭ whole tone is D♭, E♭, F, G, A and B, and back to D♭.

Its steps are W – W – W – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Chords made only of these notes

D♭augaugmentedE♭augaugmentedFaugaugmentedGaugaugmentedAaugaugmentedBaugaugmented

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on D♭

D♭ diminished (whole–half)symmetricD♭ diminished (half–whole)symmetricD♭ majormajorD♭ natural minorminorD♭ harmonic minorminor

C w.t.D w.t.D♯ w.t.E♭ w.t.E w.t.F w.t.F♯ w.t.G♭ w.t.all 374