D Minor Blues Scale for Guitar

Play the D minor blues scale

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

Notes of the D minor blues scale

Structure

D minor blues scale notes:

D F G Ab A C

How the minor blues scale is built:

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.

D Minor Blues Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

On one string (D)

Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 5

3 notes per string — position 1

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