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D♭ harmonic minor scale on guitar

D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C (1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7)

Natural minor with a raised 7th, which is where the major V in minor keys comes from. Neoclassical and flamenco sound.

The whole neck

1234567891011121314151617 E A D G B e F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ B♭♭ C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C D♭ E♭ F♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭ C D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭♭
rootscale noteLow E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard

The 5 CAGED positions

Positions: the five CAGED shapes, each built around a pentatonic box with the other two notes slotted in. One finger per fret, with the odd stretch. Each one shares its edge notes with the next. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.

Position 1 (frets 8–13)

7891011121314 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 2 ♭6 7 2 ♭6 7 2 7

Position 2 (frets 11–15)

10111213141516 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 ♭6 7 2 ♭6 7 2 2

Position 3 (frets 1–6)

1234567 E A D G B e 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 2 ♭6 7 2 ♭6

Position 4 (frets 4–8)

3456789 E A D G B e 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7 2 ♭6 7 2 ♭6 7

Position 5 (frets 5–10)

4567891011 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 7 2 ♭6 7 2 ♭6 7 ♭6

Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard.

Related

Other scales from D♭

Harmonic minor scale in other keys