Db Major Scale

The Db major scale has a warm, mellow character with five flats. Popular in jazz and R&B guitar, it pairs beautifully with smooth chord voicings and is the relative major of Bb minor.

Also known as

C# Major
Db Ionian
C# Ionian

Formula

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Notes

DbEbFGbAbBbC

Diatonic Chords

These chords are built from the notes of the Db Major scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.

I C# Major

ii D# Minor

iii F Minor

IV F# Major

V G# Major

vi A# Minor

vii° C dim

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Db Major guitar scale fretboard chart diagram

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