Guitar scale companion
Learn the D Blues scale on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every D Blues Scale note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
D Blues Scale, D shape: the box around the D-shape D chord, taken from the D box of D Minor Pentatonic.
D shape tab (0-4) e |----1-----3--4| B |----1-----3---| G |-0--1--2------| D |-0--------3---| A |-0--------3---| E |----1-----3--4|
D Blues Scale, C shape: the box around the C-shape D chord, taken from the C box of D Minor Pentatonic.
C shape tab (2-6) e |----3--4--5---| B |----3--------6| G |-2--------5---| D |----3-----5--6| A |----3-----5---| E |----3--4--5---|
D Blues Scale, A shape: the box around the A-shape D chord, taken from the A box of D Minor Pentatonic.
A shape tab (5-9) e |-5--------8---| B |----6-----8---| G |-5-----7------| D |-5--6--7------| A |-5--------8---| E |-5--------8---|
D Blues Scale, G shape: the box around the G-shape D chord, taken from the G box of D Minor Pentatonic.
G shape tab (7-11) e |----8----10---| B |----8--9-10---| G |-7-------10---| D |-7-------10---| A |----8----10-11| E |----8----10---|
D Blues Scale, E shape: the box around the E-shape D chord, taken from the E box of D Minor Pentatonic.
E shape tab (9-13) e |---10-------13| B |-9-10-------13| G |---10----12-13| D |---10----12---| A |---10-11-12---| E |---10-------13|