SCALE REFERENCE

D Minor Pentatonic

D – F – G – A – C1 b3 4 5 b7

The first scale most guitarists learn — five notes that carry rock, blues and pop solos. The relative of the major pentatonic.

Notes & degrees

D1Fb3G4A5Cb7

Notes	D, F, G, A, C
Steps	3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 2 (semitones)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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

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

Other scales on D

Core scales & modes

D Major D Natural Minor D Harmonic Minor D Melodic Minor D Dorian D Phrygian D Lydian D Mixolydian D Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

D Major Pentatonic D Blues D Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D Harmonic Major D Phrygian Dominant D Lydian Dominant D Altered D Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

D Hungarian Minor D Double Harmonic Major D Neapolitan Minor

Minor Pentatonic on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭D♯E F F♯G A♭G♯A B♭A♯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.