D Major 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 Major 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
1D3610
2E3612
3F#359
4G3510
5A3512
6B349
7C#4411
8D4412
9E439
10F#4311
11G4312
12A4210
13B4212
14C#519
15D5110
16C#519
17B4212
18A4210
19G4312
20F#4311
21E439
22D4412
23C#4411
24B349
25A3512
26G3510
27F#359
28E3612
29D3610
Original recording, chart and tablature

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E||-------------------------|-------------------------|
B||-------------------------|-------------------------|
G||-------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-------------------------|--------9----11----12----|
A||--------------9----10----|--12---------------------|
E||--10----12---------------|-------------------------|

-------------------------|--------9----10----9----|--------------------------|
-------------------10----|--12--------------------|--12----10----------------|
--9----11----12----------|------------------------|--------------12----11----|
-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|

------------------------|-------------------------|--------||
------------------------|-------------------------|--------||
--9---------------------|-------------------------|--------||
-------12----11----9----|-------------------------|--------||
------------------------|--12----10----9----------|--------||
------------------------|-------------------12----|--10----||