Scale · Pentatonics

D blues

The minor pentatonic with the blue note (b5) in the middle. It is the note that makes a solo sound dirty in the right way.

Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

Instrument

Tuning

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D blues scale on the Guitar neck49 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.FGG#ACDFGACDFGG#ACDFGG#ACDFGG#ACDFGG#ACDFGG#ACDFGG#ACDFG123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. D1
  2. Fb3
  3. G4
  4. G#b5
  5. A5
  6. Cb7

Also written as D · F · G · Ab · A · C.

Formula

A 6-note scale — the distances are in the degrees.

Degrees

1 · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7

Chords in the scale

Triads that fit entirely inside D blues. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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