D PersianScale
Formula
D Persian on the chromatic circle
D Persian is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
D Persian 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.
Chords in D Persian
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where D Persian fits
Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Persian scale in every key
D Persian scale questions
What notes are in the D Persian scale?
D E♭ F♯ G A♭ B♭ C♯. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7.
What is the D Persian scale formula?
1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H H W 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the D Persian scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of D Persian 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.
What chords are in the D Persian scale?
D (3 ♭5 7) (I), E♭maj7 (♭II), F♯ (𝄫3 5 𝄫7) (III), Gm(maj7) (iv), A♭ (♯3 5 7) (♭V), B♭7♯5 (♭VI+), C♯ (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).
When is the D Persian scale used?
Double harmonic with a ♭5: a Middle-Eastern sound, used for exotic colour.