D blues scale

D blues

  • DR
  • F♭3
  • G4
  • A♭♭5
  • A5
  • C♭7

Positions

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Solo over a 12 bar blues in D →Memorize this scale →

How it is built

  • The minor pentatonic plus one note: A♭, the flat fifth. Six notes.
  • A♭ is the blue note. It is a passing tone, not a resting place: slide through it between G and A.
  • Works over every chord of a 12-bar blues in D, major or minor.

Chords that fit D blues

Other D scales