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Fig. 1 · D# whole tone on the keyboard

piano scale

D♯ whole tone

D♯1E♯2F𝄪3G𝄪♯4A𝄪♯5B𝄪♯6

Six notes, every step a whole one. There are only two of these scales in all, and every note can be heard as the tonic.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ whole tone.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# whole tone, ascending

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♯WF𝄪WG𝄪WA𝄪WB𝄪WD♯

What is true of it

D♯ whole tone is D♯, E♯, F𝄪, G𝄪, A𝄪 and B𝄪, and back to D♯.

Its steps are W – W – W – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 10 alterations, F𝄪, G𝄪, A𝄪 and B𝄪 among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

Chords made only of these notes

D♯augaugmented

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on D♯

D♯ diminished (whole–half)symmetricD♯ diminished (half–whole)symmetricD♯ majormajorD♯ natural minorminorD♯ harmonic minorminor

C w.t.C♯ w.t.D♭ w.t.D w.t.E w.t.F w.t.F♯ w.t.G♭ w.t.all 374