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Fig. 1 · Db major · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

D♭ major

D♭1E♭2F3G♭4A♭5B♭6C7

The seven-note scale everything else is measured against: two whole steps, a half, three whole steps, a half.

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

on guitaron pianothe key signature

Written out

Fig. 2 · Db major, 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♭WFHG♭WA♭WB♭WCHD♭

What is true of it

D♭ major is D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭ and C, and back to D♭.

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

On the same tonic, D♭ melodic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 29 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CdimdiminishedCm7♭5half-diminished seventhD♭majorD♭maj7major seventhE♭mminorE♭m7minor seventhFmminorFm7minor seventh

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

Other scales on D♭

D♭ harmonic majormajorD♭ natural minorminorD♭ harmonic minorminorD♭ melodic minorminor

C majD majD♯ majE♭ majE majF majF♯ majG♭ majall 374