Pentatonic & blues
D♯ major pentatonic scale
Five notes and no half steps, so nothing clashes — the sound of country, pop and classic rock solos.
Its relative minor pentatonic is B♯ minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- D♯E♯F𝄪A♯B♯
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the D♯ major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------11-13-| B|-------------------------11-13-------| G|-------------------10-12-------------| D|-------------10-13-------------------| A|-------10-13-------------------------| E|-11-13-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 10–13
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------1-3-| E|-----1-------| C|-0-3---------| G|-------0-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
