Also see: D-flat minor, or D major.

D-flat major is a major scale based on D-flat, consisting of the pitches D-flat, E-flat, F, G-flat, A-flat, B-flat, C, and D-flat. Its key signature has five flats (see below: Scales and keys). The note D-flat is a half-tone between C and D. created with GNU Lilypond File links The following pages link to this file: Key signature Wikipedia:List of images/Music/Musical notation D-flat major B-flat minor Categories: Public domain images ineligible for copyright | Music images ... In music, the relative minor of a particular major key (or the relative major of a minor key) is the key which has the same key signature but a different tonic, as opposed to parallel minor or major, respectively. ... B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches B-flat, C, D-flat, E-flat, F, G-flat, A-flat and B-flat (natural minor scale). ... In music, the parallel minor of a particular major key (or the parallel major of a minor key) is the key which has the same tonic and a different key signature, as opposed to relative minor (or major, respectively). ... C-sharp minor is a minor scale based on C-sharp, consisting of the pitches C-sharp, D-sharp, E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A, B-sharp and C-sharp (harmonic minor scale). ... D major is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F♯, G, A, B, C♯ and D. Its key signature consists of two sharps. ... In music theory, the major scale is one of the diatonic scales. ... E-flat major is a major scale based on E-flat, consisting of the pitches E-flat, F, G, A-flat, B-flat, C, D, and E-flat. ... A flat major is a major scale based on A flat, consisting of the pitches A flat, B flat, C, D flat, E flat, F, G, and A flat. ... This article is about music. ... This key signature – A major or F# minor – consists of three sharps placed after the clef In musical notation, a key signature is a series of sharp symbols or flat symbols placed on the staff, designating notes that are to be consistently played one semitone higher or lower than the...

The flatted pitches correspond to the black keys of the piano. Its relative minor is B-flat minor, and its parallel minor is D-flat minor, usually replaced by C sharp minor, since D-flat minor, which would contain 8 flats, is not used for practical composing and arranging. Thus, in his Prelude No. 15 in D-flat major and his Fantaisie-Impromptu, Frédéric Chopin switches to C sharp minor for the middle section. In music, the relative minor of a particular major key (or the relative major of a minor key) is the key which has the same key signature but a different tonic, as opposed to parallel minor or major, respectively. ... B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches B-flat, C, D-flat, E-flat, F, G-flat, A-flat and B-flat (natural minor scale). ... In music, the parallel minor of a particular major key (or the parallel major of a minor key) is the key which has the same tonic and a different key signature, as opposed to relative minor (or major, respectively). ... C sharp minor is a minor scale based on C sharp, consisting of the pitches C sharp, D sharp, E, F sharp, G sharp, A, B and C sharp (natural minor scale). ... Fantaisie-Impromptu, opus 66 is a piano composition by Frédéric Chopin. ... The only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin, believed to have been taken by Louis-Auguste Bisson in 1849. ...

Ascending and descending D-flat major scale.

D-flat major is enharmonic to C sharp major. In music for the harp, D-flat major would be preferable, not only for the reason that harp strings are more resonant in the flat position, but also because modulation to the dominant key is easier (by putting the G pedal in the natural position, whereas there is no double-sharp position in which to put the F pedal for G-sharp major). C sharp major is a major scale based on C sharp, consisting of the pitches C sharp, D sharp, E sharp (enharmonic to F natural), F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, B sharp (enharmonic to C natural) and C sharp. ... The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ...

Hector Berlioz called this key "majestic" in his 1856 Grand Traité d'Instrumentation et d'Orchestration modernes, while having a much different opinion of its enharmonic counterpart. Hector Louis Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs. ...

It is Andrew Lloyd Webbers favorite key and features in many of his most successful works and some of his most acclaimed musicals, used in some of his biggest hits such as Music of the Night in The Phantom of the Opera (musical) and Don't Cry for Me Argentina in Evita (musical). Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Music of the Night may refer to: The Music of the Night album by Marta Wiśniewska (Mandaryna) to be released in 2006 The Music of the Night song first heard in the The Phantom of the Opera 1986 musical. ... The Phantom of the Opera is a musical based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. ... Dont Cry For Me, Argentina is the best-known song from the 1978 musical Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. ... Evita is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is written in B flat minor, but the famous opening theme is in D flat major. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič ÄŒajkovskij;  )[1] (7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893), was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ...

Well-known music in this key

• Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 18th variation - Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Music of the Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Don't Cry for Me, Argentina - Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Memory - Andrew Lloyd Webber (partly in this key)
• Chariots of Fire (main theme) - Vangelis
• Dirty Work - Steely Dan
• Golden Brown - The Stranglers
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
• Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
• The Grand Illusion (song) - Styx
• Waltz in D flat major "Minute Waltz" - Chopin
• Electric Boogie - Marcia Griffiths
• Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day (also in the key of A-flat major)
• Shine - Collective Soul
• Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n' Roses
• Defying Gravity - Stephen Schwartz (from the musical Wicked)
• When I'm Sixty-Four - The Beatles
• Heat of the Moment - Asia
• I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
• Consolation No. 3 - Liszt
• Nocturne in D flat major Opus 27 No. 2 - Chopin
• You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
• Colours of the Wind -Alan Menken from Disney's Pocahontas
• Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
• Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
• Red, Red Wine - UB40
• Obviously - McFly
• Baby Girl - Sugarland

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Scales and keys

External links

• D Flat Major - Free D-flat major scale music sheet with arpeggios and broken chords for piano with fingering marks.