D# Blues Scale

Learn the pattern, listen to the original example and practise at your own pace.

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Practise this scale

Standard tuning: E, A, D, G, B, E, from the thickest string to the thinnest. The tab keeps the positions used in the original exercise.

The static score and note sequence work without the interactive player.

Read the tab or choose a few notes to repeat. Use the numbered table under “Read the notes and fret positions” to choose the first and last note. Audio starts only after you press Play.

D# Blues Scale: standard notation and tablature. The complete note and fret sequence follows below.

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Read the notes and fret positions

String 1 is the thin, high E string. String 6 is the thick, low E string. Play one note per beat at 120 BPM, or choose a slower practice speed.

NotePitchStringFret
1D#3611
2F#3614
3G#3511
4A3512
5A#3513
6C#4411
7D#4413
8F#4311
9G#4313
10A4314
11A#4211
12C#5214
13D#5111
14C#5214
15A#4211
16A4314
17G#4313
18F#4311
19D#4413
20C#4411
21A#3513
22A3512
23G#3511
24F#3614
25D#3611
Original recording, chart and tablature

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E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|--------------------11----|
D||--------------------------|--------11----13----------|
A||--------------11----12----|--13----------------------|
E||--11----14----------------|--------------------------|

--------------------------|--11----------------------|
--------------11----14----|--------14----11----------|
--13----14----------------|--------------------14----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|

--------------------------|--------------------------|--------||
--------------------------|--------------------------|--------||
--13----11----------------|--------------------------|--------||
--------------13----11----|--------------------------|--------||
--------------------------|--13----12----11----------|--------||
--------------------------|--------------------14----|--11----||