Pentatonic & blues
D blues scale
Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.
- Notes
- DFGA♭AC
- Formula
- 1♭34♭55♭7
- Steps
- W+HWHHW+HW
How to play the D blues scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------------10-13-| B|-------------------------------10-13-------| G|----------------------10-12-13-------------| D|----------------10-12----------------------| A|-------10-11-12----------------------------| E|-10-13-------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 10–13
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-3-| E|-----1---------| C|-0-2-----------| G|-------0-1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 6 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
