Scales
D Flamenco Scale
D · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · C
D Flamenco is a scale built on D with the notes D · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · C.
D Flamenco Scale
D · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · C
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 | D · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · C · D | |
| Left hand | 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 | D · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · C · D |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
D Flamenco is made of the notes D · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · C. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W H W H W½ W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of D Flamenco gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales D Flamenco shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
D Lydian Dominant PentatonicD · F# · G# · A · C
Every note of this scale is in D Flamenco.
D Super Locrian PentatonicD · F · Gb · Ab · C
Every note of this scale is in D Flamenco.
Scales that contain it
D Half-Whole DiminishedD · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · B · C
Contains every note of D Flamenco.
D ChromaticD · Eb · E · F · F# · G · Ab · A · Bb · B · C · C#
Contains every note of D Flamenco.
Common questions
- How do I play D Flamenco?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of D Flamenco?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of D Flamenco gives Ddim (i°), Ebdim (ii°), Fm (iii), F#m#5 (IV+), G# (V), Dm/A (vi), Cdim (vii°). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in D Flamenco?
- D Flamenco contains the notes D · Eb · F · F# · G# · A · C, measured from the tonic D as the intervals 1P, 2m, 3m, 3M, 4A, 5P, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of D Flamenco?
- From D the steps run H W H W H W½ W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.