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Fig. 1 · D# natural minor on the keyboard

piano scale

D♯ natural minor

D♯1E♯2F♯♭3G♯4A♯5B♭6C♯♭7

The major scale started from its sixth degree: same seven notes, a different centre of gravity.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ natural minor.

on guitaron ukulelethe key signature

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# natural minor, 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♯HF♯WG♯WA♯HBWC♯WD♯

What is true of it

D♯ natural minor is D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B and C♯, and back to D♯.

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

It costs 6 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

On the same tonic, D♯ harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯majorC♯7dominant seventhD♯mminorD♯m7minor seventhF♯majorF♯maj7major seventhG♯mminorG♯m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on D♯

D♯ harmonic minorminorD♯ melodic minorminorD♯ majormajorD♯ harmonic majormajorD♯ Dorianmode

C minC♯ minD♭ minD minE minF minF♯ minG♭ minall 374