Key of D♭ major
The key of D♭ major has five flats — B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ and G♭. Its scale runs D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C, and building a triad on each of those seven notes — stacking thirds from the scale itself — produces the key's seven chords.
That gives three major chords, three minor chords and one diminished chord. The majors — D♭ (I), G♭ (IV) and A♭ (V) — are the workhorses that carry most songs in the key; the minors E♭m (ii), Fm (iii) and B♭m (vi) supply the softer colors, and C° (vii°) appears mostly as a passing chord.
Relative minor: B♭ minor — the same seven chords, with B♭m as home base.
The seven chords of D♭ major
Common questions
- What chords are in the key of D♭ major?
- The seven chords in the key of D♭ major are D♭ (I), E♭m (ii), Fm (iii), G♭ (IV), A♭ (V), B♭m (vi) and C° (vii°).
- What is the relative minor of D♭ major?
- B♭ minor. The two keys share the same key signature and the same seven chords — B♭ minor simply treats B♭m, not D♭, as home.
- How many sharps or flats does D♭ major have?
- D♭ major has five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ and G♭.