D minor pentatonic scale

D minor pentatonic

  • DR
  • F♭3
  • G4
  • A5
  • C♭7

Positions

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Solo over i–iv–v–i in D minor →Memorize this scale →

How it is built

  • Five notes: the minor scale without its 2nd and 6th. No half steps, so every note works over Dm, and most work over a blues in D.
  • F is the flat third and C the flat seventh. Those two notes are the minor sound; bend C up to D to resolve a phrase.
  • Same notes as F major pentatonic, three frets higher.

Chords that fit D minor pentatonic

Other D scales