Scale
D blues scale
The D blues scale has 6 notes: D, F, G, A♭, A and C.
- Notes
- D · F · G · A♭ · A · C
- Step pattern
- W+H – W – H – H – W+H – W
W = whole step (two keys), H = half step (the very next key).
Play it yourself
Play the scale going up: start on D and tap each note in order.
- D
- F
- G
- A♭
- A
- C
The blues scale is the minor pentatonic plus one extra note: the flat 5, the "blue note" that gives blues and rock their bite. Play it over a blues and slide through that note rather than landing on it.