D♭ Major pentatonicScale
Formula
D♭ Major pentatonic on the chromatic circle
D♭ Major pentatonic is one of the pentatonic & blues scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
D♭ Major pentatonic 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.
Where D♭ Major pentatonic fits
Country, pop and soul lines over major chords. In a blues it is the sweeter sound over the I chord.
Major pentatonic scale in every key
D♭ Major pentatonic scale questions
What notes are in the D♭ Major pentatonic scale?
D♭ E♭ F A♭ B♭. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 5 6.
What is the D♭ Major pentatonic scale formula?
1 2 3 5 6, or in steps between the notes, W W 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 pentatonic scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of D♭ Major pentatonic 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 pentatonic scale used?
Country, pop and soul lines over major chords. In a blues it is the sweeter sound over the I chord.