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Fig. 1 · D minor pentatonic · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

D minor pentatonic

D1F♭3G4A5C♭7

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

on guitaron 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

DW+HFWGWAW+HCWD

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.

It uses no sharps and no flats at all: seven letters, seven white keys.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 23 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

DmminorDm7minor seventhFmajor

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 pentE min pentF min pentF♯ min pentall 374