D♭ Double harmonicScale

Formula

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7
The family

D♭ Double harmonic on the chromatic circle

D♭ Double harmonic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 1 D♭I Double harmonic ♭2 E𝄫II 3 FIII 4 G♭IV Hungarian minor 5 A♭V ♭6 B𝄫VI 7 CVII D♭ Double harmonic
The whole neck

D♭ Double harmonic across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4
Harmony

Chords in D♭ Double harmonic

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
ID♭maj7D♭ F A♭ C
♭IIE𝄫maj7E𝄫 G♭ B𝄫 D♭
iiiFm (𝄫7)F A♭ C E𝄫
ivG♭m(maj7)G♭ B𝄫 D♭ F
VA♭7♭5A♭ C E𝄫 G♭
♭VI+B𝄫maj7♯5B𝄫 D♭ F A♭
VII C (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) C E𝄫 G♭ B𝄫
Context

Where D♭ Double harmonic fits

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Double harmonic scale in every key

D♭ Double harmonic scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Double harmonic scale?

D♭ E𝄫 F G♭ A♭ B𝄫 C. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7.

What is the D♭ Double harmonic scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H W H 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the D♭ Double harmonic scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of D♭ Double harmonic up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.

What chords are in the D♭ Double harmonic scale?

D♭maj7 (I), E𝄫maj7 (♭II), Fm (𝄫7) (iii), G♭m(maj7) (iv), A♭7♭5 (V), B𝄫maj7♯5 (♭VI+), C (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the D♭ Double harmonic scale used?

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.