D Blues Scale

D minor blues

Notes

D · F · G · A♭ · A · C

Intervals

  • RootD (1P)
  • Minor 3rdF (3m)
  • Perfect 4thG (4P)
  • Diminished 5thA♭ (5d)
  • Perfect 5thA (5P)
  • Minor 7thC (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912FGA♭ACDCDFGA♭AGA♭ACDFGDFGA♭ACDACDFGA♭AFGA♭ACD
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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912FGA♭ACDCDFGA♭AGA♭ACDFGDFGA♭ACDACDFGA♭AFGA♭ACD
Box positions
Box 2open · frets 0–4
EBGDAE35FGA♭ACDGA♭ACDFGACDFGA♭A
Box 3frets 2–6
EBGDAE357GA♭ADFACDFGA♭ACDGA♭A
Box 4frets 5–9
EBGDAE579ACDFGA♭ACDFGA♭ACDFGACD
Box 5frets 7–11
EBGDAE7912CDGA♭ADFGACDFGA♭ACD
Box 1frets 10–13
EBGDAE121314DFACFGA♭ACDGA♭ADF

Diagrams

D Blues Scale fretboard charts — tap any diagram to open it full size to save or print.

D Blues Scale — notes D, F, G, Ab, A, C shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
D Blues Scale — five pentatonic box positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Five pentatonic box positions