Scales
D Persian Scale
D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · C#
D Persian is a scale built on D with the notes D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · C#.
D Persian Scale
D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · C#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · C# · D | |
| Left hand | 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 | D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · 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 Persian is made of the notes D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · C#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H W½ H H W W½ H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of D Persian gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Seventh chords
IDmaj7b5D · F# · Ab · C#
IIEbmaj7Eb · G · Bb · D
IIIC#sus24/F#F# · Ab · C# · Eb
ivGmMaj7G · Bb · D · F#
VAbmaj7sus4Ab · C# · Eb · G
VI+Bb7#5Bb · D · F# · Ab
VIIEb7/C#C# · Eb · G · Bb
Related scales
The scales D Persian 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 that contain it
D Purvi RagaD · Eb · F# · G · G# · A · Bb · C#
Contains every note of D Persian.
D ChromaticD · Eb · E · F · F# · G · Ab · A · Bb · B · C · C#
Contains every note of D Persian.
Common questions
- How do I play D Persian?
- 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 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of D Persian?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of D Persian gives Dmajb5 (I), Eb (II), F#sus2 (III), Gm (iv), Absus4 (V), Bbaug (VI+), Eb7no5/C# (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 Persian?
- D Persian contains the notes D · Eb · F# · G · Ab · Bb · C#, measured from the tonic D as the intervals 1P, 2m, 3M, 4P, 5d, 6m, 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 Persian?
- From D the steps run H W½ H H W W½ H, 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.