Pentatonic & blues
D♯ blues scale
Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.
- Notes
- D♯F♯G♯AA♯C♯
- Formula
- 1♭34♭55♭7
- Steps
- W+HWHHW+HW
How to play the D♯ blues scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------------11-14-| B|-------------------------------11-14-------| G|----------------------11-13-14-------------| D|----------------11-13----------------------| A|-------11-12-13----------------------------| E|-11-14-------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 11–14
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------1-4-| E|-----2---------| C|-1-3-----------| G|-------1-2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 6 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
