D♯ Major Blues Scale on Guitar

Here you can learn how to play the Major Blues Scale in the key of D♯ on the Guitar. As well as the scale notes, degrees and patterns of the D♯ Major Blues Scale, where available we also provide suggested Guitar fingerings. In the Guitar view below, you can display the notes of the D♯ Major Blues Scale mapped out onto the Guitar fretboard and switch between the notes, degrees, intervals or, if we have them, suggested Guitar fingerings.

Theoretical Only

The D♯ Major Blues Scale is considered theoretical only as it has double sharps or flats in the key signature.

The usual alternative is the enharmonic equivalent E Major Blues Scale

Notes Ascending

D♯, E♯, F♯, F, A♯, B♯, D♯

Notes Descending

D♯, B♯, A♯, F, F♯, E♯, D♯

Pattern Ascending

T, S, S, TS, T, TS

S = Semitone, T = Tone (2 Semitones)

Pattern Descending

TS, T, TS, S, S, T

S = Semitone, T = Tone (2 Semitones)

Intervals Ascending

NotesSemitonesInterval
D♯ > D♯0Perfect Unison (P1)
D♯ > E♯2Major 2nd (M2)
D♯ > F♯3minor 3rd (m3)
D♯ > F4Major 3rd (M3)
D♯ > A♯7Perfect 5th (P5)
D♯ > B♯9Major 6th (M6)
D♯ > D♯12Perfect Octave (P8)

Intervals Descending

NotesSemitonesInterval
D♯ > D♯0Perfect Unison (P1)
D♯ > B♯3minor 3rd (m3)
D♯ > A♯5Perfect 4th (P4)
D♯ > F8minor 6th (m6)
D♯ > F♯9Major 6th (M6)
D♯ > E♯10minor 7th (m7)
D♯ > D♯12Perfect Octave (P8)
Root
Third
Fifth

Music Theory

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