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Summary: Learn why it is important to use the Db major note as the root note in that scale in this free video clip on music composition and lessons.

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Using Db Major As The Root Note

So now we are really going to go in and dig out on the chords that come out of D flat major. So you got your 1 chord, your D flat, so there is your 1 chord. The other important chord is the 2,5,7, and you have your relative minor which is the 6 chord which is this B flat minor. So those are your 4 basic chords and you also have your 3 chord which is this nice F minor chord and you can still on this scale and your 4 chord which is a G flat Lydian. Still in the same scale 5,1. So basically you can make any note on the scale the root as long as you stay in the scale it would sound like D flat major.

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