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Aliases: D minor blues
D blues Scale
Below you can find guitar and piano scale diagrams, notes, intervals, formulas, and chords
Audible Example
What does a D blues scale sound like?
D blues scale
Piano Fingering
How do you play the D blues scale on the piano?
Notes:
D
F
G
Ab
A
C
Intervals:
1P
3m
4P
5d
5P
7m
Guitar Fingering
How do you play the D blues scale on the guitar?
Notes:
Intervals:
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About the D blues scale
The blues scale adds a flat 5th (the 'blue note') to the minor pentatonic scale, creating its signature gritty, soulful sound. This six-note scale is the foundation of blues music and is widely used in rock, jazz, funk, and R&B. The blue note creates the expressive tension that defines the blues feel.
Notes
What notes are in the D blues scale
D - F - G - Ab - A - C
Formula
What is the formula for the D blues scale
3m - 2M - 2m - 1A - 3m - 2M
Intervals
What intervals are in the D blues scale
Root Note
Minor 3rd
Perfect 4th
Perfect 5th
Minor 7th