D Blues Scale on Guitar
The D Blues Scale is a 6-note scale (minor pentatonic + blue note ♭5) built from the formula 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7. Its notes are D F G A♭ A C. Below you'll find the scale on the whole fretboard and related scales — open it in the interactive fretboard for 3NPS, CAGED and pentatonic box patterns with playback.
Notes and intervals
| Degree | Note | Interval |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | D | root |
| ♭3 | F | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | G | Perfect 4th |
| ♭5 | A♭ | Diminished 5th (tritone) |
| 5 | A | Perfect 5th |
| ♭7 | C | Minor 7th |
Steps: 1½ – W – H – H – 1½ – W (W = whole step, H = half step)
D Blues Scale on the fretboard (15 frets)
Standard tuning E A D G B E. Pink = root, purple = characteristic notes. 3NPS, CAGED and box patterns plus other tunings are in the interactive fretboard.
Other scales from D
- Ionian (Major)
- Dorian
- Phrygian
- Lydian
- Mixolydian
- Aeolian (Minor)
- Locrian
- Major pentatonic
- Minor pentatonic
- Blues
- Major blues
- Harmonic minor
- Locrian ♮6
- Ionian ♯5
- Dorian ♯4
- Phrygian dominant
- Lydian ♯2
- Superlocrian 𝄫7
- Melodic minor
- Dorian ♭2
- Lydian augmented
- Lydian dominant
- Mixolydian ♭6
- Locrian ♮2
- Altered (Superlocrian)
- Whole tone
- Diminished (half-whole)
- Diminished (whole-half)
Blues in other keys
FAQ
- What notes are in the D Blues Scale?
- The D Blues Scale has 6 notes: D, F, G, A♭, A, C. Its formula is 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7.
- What intervals make up the D Blues Scale?
- Step pattern: 1½ – W – H – H – 1½ – W (W = whole step, H = half step). Intervals from the root: ♭3 (Minor 3rd), 4 (Perfect 4th), ♭5 (Diminished 5th (tritone)), 5 (Perfect 5th), ♭7 (Minor 7th).