SCALE REFERENCE

D♯ Blues

D♯ – F♯ – G♯ – A – A♯ – C♯1 b3 4 b5 5 b7

Minor pentatonic plus the 'blue note' — the flat 5th passing between the 4th and 5th. The core vocabulary of blues and rock lead playing.

Notes & degrees
D♯1F♯b3G♯4Ab5A♯5C♯b7
NotesD#, F#, G#, A, A#, C#
Steps3 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 2 (semitones)
Also calledMinor Blues, Hexatonic Blues
Piano
AD♯F♯G♯A♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♯G♯AA♯C♯D♯BC♯D♯F♯G♯AA♯GG♯AA♯C♯D♯F♯DD♯F♯G♯AA♯C♯AAA♯C♯D♯F♯G♯AEF♯G♯AA♯C♯D♯

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

357912AAA♯C♯D♯F♯G♯AEF♯G♯AA♯C♯D♯CC♯D♯F♯G♯AA♯GG♯AA♯C♯D♯F♯

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♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D♯ Harmonic MajorD♯ Phrygian DominantD♯ Lydian DominantD♯ AlteredD♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

D♯ Hungarian MinorD♯ Double Harmonic MajorD♯ Neapolitan Minor
Blues on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭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.