D Major Pentatonic 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.

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D Major Pentatonic 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
4A3512
5B349
6D4412
7E439
8F#4311
9A4210
10B4212
11D5110
12B4212
13A4210
14F#4311
15E439
16D4412
17B349
18A3512
19F#359
20E3612
21D3610
Original recording, chart and tablature

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

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