Scales
D# Piongio Scale
D# · E# · G# · A# · B# · C#
D# Piongio is a scale built on D# with the notes D# · E# · G# · A# · B# · C#.
D# Piongio Scale
D# · E# · G# · A# · B# · C#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 | D# · E# · G# · A# · B# · C# · D# | |
| Left hand | 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 | D# · E# · G# · A# · B# · 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# Piongio is made of the notes D# · E# · G# · A# · B# · C#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W W½ W W H W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale · pentatonic and blues scales
Related scales
D# Piongio is a selection of notes from larger scales rather than a seven-note scale of its own, so it has no chords of its own: it takes them from the scales that contain it, listed here with the scales it contains and its related keys.
Eb PiongioEb · F · Ab · Bb · C · Db
The same sound, spelled from the enharmonic root
Scales inside it
D# RitusenD# · E# · G# · A# · B#
Every note of this scale is in D# Piongio.
D# EgyptianD# · E# · G# · A# · C#
Every note of this scale is in D# Piongio.
Scales that contain it
D# DorianD# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B# · C#
Contains every note of D# Piongio.
Understanding D# Piongio
Names and spellings
D# Piongio and Eb Piongio are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Eb Piongio
Common questions
- How do I play D# Piongio?
- 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 1 2 3 1 2 3, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What notes are in D# Piongio?
- D# Piongio contains the notes D# · E# · G# · A# · B# · C#, measured from the tonic D# as the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P, 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# Piongio?
- From D# the steps run W W½ W W H 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.