D
"D note"
basicmusictheory.com is a musical note a whole tone above C, and is known as Re within the fixed-Do solfege system. Its enharmonic
In modern musical notation and tuning, an enharmonic equivalent is a note, interval, or key signature that is equivalent to some other note, interval, or key signature but "spelled", or named differently. The enharmonic spelling of a written n ...
equivalents are C (C-double sharp) and E (E-double flat).
When calculated in equal temperament
An equal temperament is a musical temperament or tuning system, which approximates just intervals by dividing an octave (or other interval) into equal steps. This means the ratio of the frequencies of any adjacent pair of notes is the same, wh ...
with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of middle D (D4) is approximately 293.665 Hz. See pitch for a discussion of historical variations in frequency.
Designation by octave
Scales
Common scales beginning on D
* D major: D E F G A B C D
* D harmonic major: D E F G A B C D
* D melodic major ascending: D E F G A B C D
* D melodic major descending: D C B A G F E D
* D natural minor: D E F G A B C D
* D harmonic minor: D E F G A B C D
* D melodic minor ascending: D E F G A B C D
* D melodic minor descending: D C B A G F E D
Diatonic scale
In music theory, a diatonic scale is any heptatonic scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other by either two or three whole steps, ...
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* D Ionian
Ionic or Ionian may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ionic meter, a poetic metre in ancient Greek and Latin poetry
* Ionian mode, a musical mode or a diatonic scale
Places and peoples
* Ionian, of or from Ionia, an ancient region in western ...
: D E F G A B C D
* D Dorian
Dorian may refer to:
Ancient Greece
* Dorians, one of the main ethnic divisions of ancient Greeks
* Doric Greek, or Dorian, the dialect spoken by the Dorians
Art and entertainment Films
* ''Dorian'' (film), the Canadian title of the 2004 film ' ...
: D E F G A B C D
* D Phrygian: D E F G A B C D
* D Lydian: D E F G A B C D
* D Mixolydian: D E F G A B C D
* D Aeolian
Aeolian commonly refers to things related to either of two Greek mythological figures:
* Aeolus (son of Hippotes), ruler of the winds
* Aeolus (son of Hellen), son of Hellen and eponym of the Aeolians
* Aeolians, an ancient Greek tribe thought to ...
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* D Locrian: D E F G A B C D
Jazz melodic minor
* D ascending melodic minor: D E F G A B C D
* D Dorian ♭2: D E F G A B C D
* D Lydian augmented: D E F G A B C D
* D Lydian dominant: D E F G A B C D
* D Mixolydian ♭6: D E F G A B C D
* D Locrian ♮2: D E F G A B C D
* D altered: D E F G A B C D
See also
* Piano key frequencies
* D major
* D minor
D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative major is F major and its parallel major is D major.
The D natural minor scale is:
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* Root (chord)
In music theory, the concept of root is the idea that a chord (music), chord can be represented and named by one of its Musical note, notes. It is linked to Harmony (music), harmonic thinking—the idea that vertical aggregates of notes can form ...
References
Musical notes
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