Db Minor Blues Scale for Guitar

The Db minor blues scale contains the notes Db, Fb, Gb, Abb, Ab and Cb. Below you can hear it, see it on the fretboard, and work through the box shapes.

Play the Db minor blues scale

Use the step menu in the player to switch between the single-string run and the box shapes.

Notes of the Db minor blues scale

NoteDegreeIntervalSemitones from root
Db1Root0
Fbb3Minor 3rd3
Gb4Perfect 4th5
Abbb5Tritone6
Ab5Perfect 5th7
Cbb7Minor 7th10

Structure

Db minor blues scale notes:

Db Fb Gb Abb Ab Cb

How the minor blues scale is built:

1
b2
2
b3
3
4
b5
5
#5
6
b7
7

The minor blues scale is built from the degrees 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7, which gives the step pattern W+H-W-H-H-W+H-W (W = whole step, H = half step).

Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10. That makes it a 6-note scale.

It is also known as Blues Scale.

Db Minor Blues Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

Db Minor Blues Scale scale guitar pattern - On one string (B)

On one string (B)

Db Minor Blues Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 1

Db Minor Blues Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 2

Db Minor Blues Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 3

Db Minor Blues Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 4

Db Minor Blues Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 5

Box pattern — position 5

Db Minor Blues Scale scale guitar pattern - 3 notes per string — position 1

3 notes per string — position 1

The minor blues scale in other keys

C C# Db D D# Eb E F F# Gb G G# Ab A A# Bb B

All about the minor blues scale →

Giancarlo Facoetti, founder of FaChords Guitar

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Giancarlo Facoetti

Giancarlo is a musician (teaching guitar since 2000), software engineer, AI consultant and published researcher