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D♭ major

Relative key	B♭ minor
Parallel key	D♭ minor enharmonic: C♯ major
Dominant key
Subdominant
Notes in this scale
D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C, D♭

Also see: D-flat minor, or D major.

D-flat major is a major scale based on D-flat, consisting of the pitches D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭ and C. Its key signature has five flats (see below: Scales and keys).

The flatted pitches correspond to the black keys of the piano. Its relative minor is B-flat minor, and its parallel minor is D-flat minor, usually replaced by C-sharp minor, since D-flat minor, which would contain a double-flat in the key signature, is rarely used for practical composing and arranging. Thus, in his Prelude No. 15 in D-flat major ("Raindrop"), Frédéric Chopin switches from D-flat major to C-sharp minor for the middle section in the parallel minor, while in his Fantaisie-Impromptu, primarily in C-sharp minor, he switches to D-flat major for the middle section for the same reason.