SCALE REFERENCE

D Bebop Dominant

D – E – F♯ – G – A – B – C – C♯1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7

Mixolydian with a chromatic passing note between the b7 and the root — the extra note keeps chord tones landing on the beat in a running eighth-note line.

Notes & degrees
D1E2F♯3G4A5B6Cb7C♯7
NotesD, E, F#, G, A, B, C, C#
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
DEGABCF♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GABCC♯DEBBCC♯DEF♯GABGGABCC♯DEF♯GDDEF♯GABCC♯DAABCC♯DEF♯GAEEF♯GABCC♯DE

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABCC♯DEF♯GAEEF♯GABCC♯DECCC♯DEF♯GABCGGABCC♯DEF♯G

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Other scales on D

Core scales & modes

D MajorD Natural MinorD Harmonic MinorD Melodic MinorD DorianD PhrygianD LydianD MixolydianD Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

D Major PentatonicD Minor PentatonicD BluesD Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D Harmonic MajorD Phrygian DominantD Lydian DominantD Altered

Symmetric

D Whole ToneD Diminished (Whole–Half)D Diminished (Half–Whole)D Augmented Scale

World & exotic

D Hungarian MinorD Double Harmonic MajorD Neapolitan Minor
Bebop Dominant on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.