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How many tones does D Major have?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

It depends if it's a chord or a scale. On guitar, the D major chord is D A D F#. So three tones. Of course, just the Major 3rd chord itself is only two.

If it's a scale, you'd have to be more specific, as there are the 7 tone scale, pentatonic (the five tone scale), plus a myriad of modes.

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