Guitar scales · Blues
D blues scale on guitar
The D The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: D, F, G, A♭, A and C. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
Notes and pattern
The D blues scale
Minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. plus the 'blue note' between the 4th and 5th, written ♭5 or ♯4. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 3, 2, 1, 1, 3 and 2 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.. The two The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. around the blue note are its bluesy rub.
The D The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. is D minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. with one extra note, A♭, the blue note between the 4th and 5th. See that scale.
- D1
- F♭3
- G4
- A♭♭5
- A5
- C♭7
- D, the root
- Other scale notes
Chords
What to play D blues over
Play it over a 12-bar blues in D (D7, G7 and A7), or over rock and funk riffs in D minor.
Same root
Other scales on D
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
D blues, in short
- What notes are in the D blues scale?
- The D The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: D, F, G, A♭, A and C. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
- What chords go with the D blues scale?
- Play it over a 12-bar blues in D (D7, G7 and A7), or over rock and funk riffs in D minor.