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D# minor blues scale

It has 6 notes: D# F# G# A A# C#. Formula: 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7.

Degree1♭34♭55♭7
NoteD#F#G#AA#C#

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Box 2Frets 1–4 · root D#
eBGDAE1234b345b71b34b55b71b34
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 2 (b3), 4 (4)
  • B: 2 (b7), 4 (1)
  • G: 1 (4), 2 (b5), 3 (5)
  • D: 1 (1), 4 (b3)
  • A: 1 (5), 4 (b7)
  • E: 2 (b3), 4 (4)
Box 3Frets 3–7 · root D#
eBGDAE345674b55b71b34b55b71b34b55
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (4), 5 (b5), 6 (5)
  • B: 4 (1), 7 (b3)
  • G: 3 (5), 6 (b7)
  • D: 4 (b3), 6 (4), 7 (b5)
  • A: 4 (b7), 6 (1)
  • E: 4 (4), 5 (b5), 6 (5)
Box 4Frets 6–9 · root D#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 6 (5), 9 (b7)
  • B: 7 (b3), 9 (4)
  • G: 6 (b7), 8 (1)
  • D: 6 (4), 7 (b5), 8 (5)
  • A: 6 (1), 9 (b3)
  • E: 6 (5), 9 (b7)
Box 5Frets 8–11 · root D#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 9 (b7), 11 (1)
  • B: 9 (4), 10 (b5), 11 (5)
  • G: 8 (1), 11 (b3)
  • D: 8 (5), 11 (b7)
  • A: 9 (b3), 11 (4)
  • E: 9 (b7), 11 (1)
Box 1Frets 11–14 · root D#
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (1), 14 (b3)
  • B: 11 (5), 14 (b7)
  • G: 11 (b3), 13 (4), 14 (b5)
  • D: 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • A: 11 (4), 12 (b5), 13 (5)
  • E: 11 (1), 14 (b3)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

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