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 DFGG#AC
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.
135791215EADGBE♭34♭55♭71♭345♭71♭34♭55♭71♭34♭55♭71♭34♭55♭71♭34♭55♭71♭34♭55♭71♭34♭55♭71♭34
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 4

579EADGBE♭55♭71♭34♭55♭71♭34♭5♭55♭7

Position at fret 9

91215EADGBE1♭34♭55♭71♭34♭55♭55♭71♭3

Other keys

C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B