Piano scale · Pentatonic & blues
D minor pentatonic scale on piano
How to play the D minor pentatonic scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
The go-to scale for rock and blues guitar solos, and the first scale most guitarists learn.
Its relative major pentatonic is F major pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- DFGAC
- Formula
- 1♭345♭7
- Steps
- W+HWWW+HW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handD1F2G3A1C2D3
Where the finger numbers restart, tuck your thumb under so you never run out of fingers. Coming back down, use the same fingers in reverse. Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky.
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