D major pentatonic scale

How it is built

• Five notes: the major scale without its 4th and 7th. No half steps anywhere, so there is no wrong note over a major chord.
• F♯ and B give it the bright, country sound. Bend E up to F♯ and you have the classic major-pentatonic lick.
• Same notes as B minor pentatonic, three frets lower. Same shapes, different root.