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Fig. 1 · D natural minor · first 12 frets

guitar scale

D natural minor

D1E2F♭3G4A5B♭♭6C♭7

The major scale started from its sixth degree: same seven notes, a different centre of gravity.

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Written out

Fig. 2 · D natural minor, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

DWEHFWGWAHB♭WCWD

What is true of it

D natural minor is D, E, F, G, A, B♭ and C, and back to D.

Its steps are W – H – W – W – H – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, D harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 47 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmajorC7dominant seventhDmminorDm7minor seventhEdimdiminishedEm7♭5half-diminished seventhFmajorFmaj7major seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on D

D harmonic minorminorD melodic minorminorD majormajorD harmonic majormajorD Dorianmode

C minC♯ minD♭ minD♯ minE♭ minE minF minF♯ minall 374