Db Major Scale on guitar

The Db Major Scale has 7 notes: Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C. Its root Db is also written C#.

Play the Db Major Scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale

About the Major Scale

The major scale is the do re mi scale, the base for most Western music and for the names of every other scale. More about the Major Scale.

Notes of the Db Major Scale

Chords in the Db Major Scale

Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.

Same notes, another starting note

Start the Db Major Scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:

• From degree 2 (Eb): Eb Dorian Mode
• From degree 3 (F): F Phrygian Mode
• From degree 4 (Gb): F# Lydian Mode
• From degree 5 (Ab): Ab Mixolydian Mode
• From degree 6 (Bb): Bb Natural Minor scale
• From degree 7 (C): C Locrian Mode

Major Scale in other keys

• C Major Scale
• D Major Scale
• Eb Major Scale
• E Major Scale
• F Major Scale
• F# Major Scale
• G Major Scale
• Ab Major Scale
• A Major Scale
• Bb Major Scale
• B Major Scale