ukulele scale
D♯ harmonic minor
Natural minor with the seventh raised, which buys a leading note and pays for it with a step and a half between the sixth and seventh.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ harmonic minor.
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
What is true of it
D♯ harmonic minor is D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B and C𝄪, and back to D♯.
Its steps are W – H – W – W – H – W+H – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Written correctly it needs 7 alterations, C𝄪 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.
On the same tonic, D♯ natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.
Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 28 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on D♯
C harm minC♯ harm minD♭ harm minD harm minE harm minF harm minF♯ harm minG♭ harm minall 374