Scale · Pentatonics

D major pentatonic

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Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

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D major pentatonic scale on the Guitar neck41 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EF#ABDEF#ABDEF#ABDEF#ABDEABDEF#ABDEF#ABDEF#ABDEF#123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. D1
  2. E2
  3. F#3
  4. A5
  5. B6

Also written as D · E · Gb · A · B.

Formula

A 5-note scale — the distances are in the degrees.

Degrees

1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 6

Chords in the scale

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

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