About the D flat Tritone scale
D flat Tritone is used for jazz and film music that wants a symmetrical, unstable color. Think of it as a symmetrical six-note scale built on the tritone. It is D♭ Blues Diminished with the third lowered.
Its notes are D♭, D, F, G, A♭, and C♭. The formula is H 1½ W H 1½ W.
D♭ Tritone draws two black keys from the piano, D♭ and A♭. Even so, the raised fourth is the white key G.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | DbD♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | DD | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | FF | Major 3rd |
| 4 | GG | Augmented 4th |
| 5 | AbA♭ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | CbC♭ | Minor 7th |
| Steps | H 1½ W H 1½ W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 1-3-2-1-3-2 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths