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 neck45 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.F#G#AA#C#D#F#AA#C#D#F#G#AA#D#F#G#AA#C#D#G#AA#C#D#F#G#AA#C#D#F#G#AA#C#F#G#AA#C#D#F#123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. D#1
  2. F#b3
  3. G#4
  4. Ab5
  5. A#5
  6. C#b7

Also written as Eb · Gb · Ab · A · Bb · Db.

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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