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Chords of the scale tap one to hear it and see it on the instrument

Formula W whole step · H half step

Degrees and intervals

Same notes as

D♭ chromatic (Db chromatic) scale on bass

D♭ chromatic has 12 notes: D♭ D E♭ E F G♭ G A♭ A B♭ B C. Degrees: 1 ♭2 2 ♭3 3 4 ♭5 5 ♭6 6 ♭7 7. Formula: H H H H H H H H H H H H.

What notes are in the D♭ chromatic scale?

D♭, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B♭, B and C. It has 12 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is H H H H H H H H H H H H.

What does D♭ chromatic sound like, and when do you use it?

Every note: material for runs and chromatic approaches. Use it over as passing tones, not as the chord scale.

Chord progressions to improvise with D♭ chromatic

In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fretboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in D♭:

D♭ chromatic positions on bass

In standard tuning (E A D G), with 3 notes per string, D♭ chromatic is played in 12 positions along the neck:

  1. Position 1: frets 6 to 12 (starts on the root)
  2. Position 2: frets 7 to 13
  3. Position 3: frets 8 to 14
  4. Position 4: frets 9 to 15
  5. Position 5: frets 10 to 16
  6. Position 6: frets 11 to 17
  7. Position 7: frets 0 to 6
  8. Position 8: frets 1 to 7
  9. Position 9: frets 2 to 8
  10. Position 10: frets 3 to 9
  11. Position 11: frets 4 to 10
  12. Position 12: frets 5 to 11

Same notes as

C chromatic · D chromatic · E♭ chromatic · E chromatic · F chromatic · F♯ chromatic · G chromatic · A♭ chromatic · A chromatic · B♭ chromatic · B chromatic

Chromatic in other keys

CD♭DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B

On other instruments

D♭ chromatic on piano · D♭ chromatic on guitar · All scales