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D♭ (musical note)

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D♭ (D-flat) is a musical note lying a diatonic semitone above C and a chromatic semitone below D. It is thus enharmonic to C♯. In the French solfège it is known as Re Bémol.

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When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of middle D♭ (or D♭4) is approximately 277.183 Hz. See pitch (music) for a discussion of historical variations in frequency.

Common scales beginning on D♭

  • D♭ Major: D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭
  • D♭ Natural Minor: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Harmonic Minor: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B C D♭
  • D♭ Melodic Minor Ascending: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭
  • D♭ Melodic Minor Descending: D♭ C♭ B A♭ G♭ F♭ E♭ D♭

    • Diatonic scales

  • D♭ Ionian: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭
  • D♭ Dorian: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Phrygian: D♭ E F♭ G♭ A♭ B C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Lydian: D♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D♭
  • D♭ Mixolydian: D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Aeolian: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Locrian: D♭ E F♭ G♭ A B C♭ D♭

    • Jazz Melodic Minor

  • D♭ Ascending Melodic Minor: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭
  • D♭ Dorian ♭2: D♭ E F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Lydian Augmented: D♭ E♭ F G A B♭ C D♭
  • D♭ Lydian Dominant: D♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Mixolydian ♭6: D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Locrian ♮2: D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A B C♭ D♭
  • D♭ Altered: D♭ E F♭ G A B C♭ D♭

    • References

    D♭ (musical note) Wikipedia
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