D♭ Major: Notes, Chords and Scale
D♭ major is a major key. Its key signature has 5 flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭. Its scale is D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C, and its seven diatonic chords are D♭, E♭m, Fm, G♭, A♭, B♭m, Cdim. Below are the 7th chords, Roman numerals, related keys, the Camelot code and a keyboard diagram.
Key signature
5♭
Relative key
Parallel key
Camelot code
3B
Notes
D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C
Chords in D♭ major
- ID♭D♭ F A♭
- iiE♭mE♭ G♭ B♭
- iiiFmF A♭ C
- IVG♭G♭ B♭ D♭
- VA♭A♭ C E♭
- viB♭mB♭ D♭ F
- vii°CdimC E♭ G♭
Seventh chords
- Imaj7D♭maj7D♭ F A♭ C
- ii7E♭m7E♭ G♭ B♭ D♭
- iii7Fm7F A♭ C E♭
- IVmaj7G♭maj7G♭ B♭ D♭ F
- V7A♭7A♭ C E♭ G♭
- vi7B♭m7B♭ D♭ F A♭
- viiø7Cm7♭5C E♭ G♭ B♭
How to use these chords
- I, IV and V (D♭, G♭, A♭) are the primary chords. Together they contain all seven notes of the scale.
- vi (B♭m) and iii (Fm) each share two notes with I, and ii (E♭m) shares two notes with IV, so these minor chords often stand in for them.
- V7 (A♭7) contains the leading tone, C, which pulls up to the root, so it resolves strongly to I. vii° (Cdim) has the same upper three notes as V7 and is mostly used as a passing chord.
- Common progressions, in Roman numerals: I V vi IV (D♭, A♭, B♭m, G♭); I vi IV V (D♭, B♭m, G♭, A♭); ii V I (E♭m, A♭, D♭); ii7 V7 Imaj7 (E♭m7, A♭7, D♭maj7).
Common uses of D♭ major
- D♭ major shares its seven notes and its key signature with its relative minor, B♭ minor.
- On a piano, 5 of its seven notes are black keys.
- In the Camelot system DJs use for harmonic mixing, D♭ major is 3B; tracks in 2B, 4B and 3A usually mix smoothly with it.
- Open D♭ major in the Scale and Chord Finder
- Find your song's key from the audio: Detect Key and BPM
- Camelot Wheel: 3B
- Write chords or MIDI in D♭ major with MIDI LabMIDI Lab, from the same team as SongTools, writes chord progressions, bass, drums and melody as MIDI from a prompt.
- B♭ minor: notes and chords
- All 24 major and minor keys
Questions about D♭ major
What chords are in D♭ major?
The seven chords in D♭ major are D♭, E♭m, Fm, G♭, A♭, B♭m, Cdim (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii°). As seventh chords they are D♭maj7, E♭m7, Fm7, G♭maj7, A♭7, B♭m7, Cm7♭5.
What notes are in the D♭ major scale?
D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C. Its key signature has 5 flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.
What is the relative minor of D♭ major?
B♭ minor. It uses the same seven notes and key signature as D♭ major, starting from B♭. The parallel minor, C♯ minor, starts on the same note as D♭ major but has a different key signature.
What is the Camelot code for D♭ major?
3B. Next to it on the Camelot wheel are 2B and 4B, and 3A is its relative minor, B♭ minor.