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Fig. 1 · D# minor pentatonic · first 12 frets

guitar scale

D♯ minor pentatonic

D♯1F♯♭3G♯4A♯5C♯♭7

Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ minor pentatonic.

on ukuleleon piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# minor pentatonic, 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

D♯W+HF♯WG♯WA♯W+HC♯WD♯

What is true of it

D♯ minor pentatonic is D♯, F♯, G♯, A♯ and C♯, and back to D♯.

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

Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

D♯mminorD♯m7minor seventhF♯major

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on D♯

D♯ major pentatonicpentatonicD♯ bluespentatonicD♯ major bluespentatonicD♯ majormajorD♯ natural minorminorD♯ harmonic minorminor

C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentE min pentF min pentF♯ min pentG♭ min pentall 374