D Minor Scale on Piano

D Minor: D E F G A B♭ C. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: D E F G A B♭ C
• Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
• Steps (W whole, H half): W H W W H W W

Same notes as

• F Major

Finding it on the keys

• D is the white key between the two black keys
• White keys: D E F G A C
• Black keys: B♭

About the Minor scale

• Darker and more serious than major.
• Rock ballads, metal, film scores.
• Its relative major starts on the ♭3 and uses the same notes.

Chords in D Minor

• i: Dm
• ii°: E°
• ♭III: F
• iv: Gm
• v: Am
• ♭VI: B♭
• ♭VII: C

Other instruments

• D Minor on Guitar
• D Minor on Bass
• D Minor on Ukulele

More on D Minor

• D Minor on the circle of fifths
• Chord progressions in D Minor