D-flat minor is a theoretical key based on the musical note D♭, consisting of the pitches D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, B, C♭. Its key signature has seven flats and one double flat.
For clarity and simplicitly, D♭ minor is usually notated as its enharmonic equivalent of C♯ minor, as it is, for example, in the second and third measures of Amy Beach's Canticle of the Sun. Mahler's thematic motif "der kleine Appell" ("call to order") from his Fourth and Fifth...
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