D♭ Major bluesScale

Formula

W H H 1½ W 1½ 1 2 ♭3 3 5 6
The family

D♭ Major blues on the chromatic circle

D♭ Major blues is one of the pentatonic & blues scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H H 1½ W 1½ 1 D♭I Major blues 2 E♭II ♭3 F♭III 3 FIV 5 A♭V 6 B♭VI Minor blues D♭ Major blues
The whole neck

D♭ Major blues across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♭3 3 5 6 1 2 ♭3 3 6 1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 2 ♭3 3 5 6 1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 1 ♭3 3 5 6 1 2 ♭3 3
Context

Where D♭ Major blues fits

Country, western swing and jump blues: the major pentatonic with the ♭3 slid into the 3rd. Sweet over the I and V of a major blues.

Major blues scale in every key

D♭ Major blues scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Major blues scale?

D♭ E♭ F♭ F A♭ B♭. As degrees from the root: 1 2 ♭3 3 5 6.

What is the D♭ Major blues scale formula?

1 2 ♭3 3 5 6, or in steps between the notes, W H H 1½ W 1½ (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the D♭ Major blues scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of D♭ Major blues up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.

When is the D♭ Major blues scale used?

Country, western swing and jump blues: the major pentatonic with the ♭3 slid into the 3rd. Sweet over the I and V of a major blues.