Guitar scales · Major pentatonic
D major pentatonic scale on guitar
The D major A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has five notes: D, E, F♯, A and B. As degrees: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
Notes and pattern
The D major pentatonic scale
Five notes, no The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯.. Country, folk and sweet rock melodies. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 2, 2, 3, 2 and 3 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.: there are no The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯., which is why it is so hard to hit a wrong note.
D major A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has the same notes as B minor pentatonic, starting from D. See that scale.
- D1
- E2
- F♯3
- A5
- B6
- D, the root
- Other scale notes
Positions
D major pentatonic in five positions
The A way of mapping the fretboard with the five open chord shapes C, A, G, E and D, moved up the neck to play any chord. splits the neck into five overlapping positions, one per A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em. shape. Learn one, then join it to the next.
D major · the whole neck
Five positions, each overlapping the next, repeating every 12 frets.
- Root (D)
- Pentatonic tone
Chords
What to play D major pentatonic over
Play it over songs in D major or B minor. Over a blues in D (D7, G7 and A7) it gives a sweeter, country sound than the minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos..
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 major pentatonic, in short
- What notes are in the D major pentatonic scale?
- The D major A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has five notes: D, E, F♯, A and B. As degrees: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
- What chords go with the D major pentatonic scale?
- Play it over songs in D major or B minor. Over a blues in D (D7, G7 and A7) it gives a sweeter, country sound than the minor pentatonic.
- What is the relative minor of D major pentatonic?
- D major pentatonic has the same notes as B minor pentatonic, starting from D.