piano scale
D♭ major pentatonic
D♭1E♭2F3A♭5B♭6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are C♯ major pentatonic.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
D♭WE♭WFW+HA♭WB♭W+HD♭
What is true of it
D♭ major pentatonic is D♭, E♭, F, A♭ and B♭, and back to D♭.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on D♭
D♭ minor pentatonicpentatonicD♭ bluespentatonicD♭ major bluespentatonicD♭ majormajorD♭ natural minorminorD♭ harmonic minorminor
C maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentF♯ maj pentG♭ maj pentall 374