D♭ PersianScale

Formula

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

D♭ Persian on the chromatic circle

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

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

D♭ Persian 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 ♭5 ♭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 ♭5
Harmony

Chords in D♭ Persian

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

DegreeChordNotes
I D♭ (3 ♭5 7) D♭ F A𝄫 C
♭IIE𝄫maj7E𝄫 G♭ B𝄫 D♭
III F (𝄫3 5 𝄫7) F A𝄫 C E𝄫
ivG♭m(maj7)G♭ B𝄫 D♭ F
♭V A𝄫 (♯3 5 7) A𝄫 C E𝄫 G♭
♭VI+B𝄫7♯5B𝄫 D♭ F A𝄫
VII C (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) C E𝄫 G♭ B𝄫
Context

Where D♭ Persian fits

Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.

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

Persian scale in every key

D♭ Persian scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Persian scale?

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

What is the D♭ Persian scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H H W 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♭ Persian scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of D♭ Persian 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♭ Persian scale?

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

When is the D♭ Persian scale used?

Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.