Fretwork

D# Blues scale

The minor pentatonic with the flat fifth added — the blue note. It wants to be passed through rather than landed on.

Notes D#F#G#AA#C#
Degrees 1♭34♭55♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 6 semitones · 7 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEF#G#AA#C#D#F#AA#C#D#F#G#AA#D#F#G#AA#C#D#G#AA#C#D#F#G#AA#C#D#F#G#AA#C#F#G#AA#C#D#F#
Positions

Each of these fits under one hand without shifting. Learn one until you can play it without looking before starting the next.

Position at fret 5

579EADGBEAA#C#D#F#G#AA#C#D#F#G#AAA#C#

Position at fret 10

1215EADGBED#F#G#AA#C#D#F#G#AA#AA#C#D#F#

Other keys