Pentatonic & blues
D minor pentatonic scale
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
How to play the D minor pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------10-13-| B|-------------------------10-13-------| G|-------------------10-12-------------| D|-------------10-12-------------------| A|-------10-12-------------------------| E|-10-13-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 10–13
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------0-3-| E|-----1-------| C|-0-2---------| G|-------0-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
