About the D flat Algerian scale
D flat Algerian is an ornate eight-note scale, a harmonic minor with an extra raised fourth. It's used for North African flavored and cinematic music.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | D flat | Root |
| 2 | E flat | Major 2nd |
| 3 | F flat | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | G flat | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | G | Augmented 4th |
| 6 | A flat | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | A | Minor 6th |
| 8 | C | Major 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Algerian in other keys
C Algerian D Algerian E flat Algerian E Algerian F Algerian G flat Algerian G Algerian A flat Algerian A Algerian B flat Algerian B Algerian
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
