D♯ blues scale
The D♯ blues scale is D♯ F♯ G♯ A A♯ C♯: six notes, gritty, with a blue note. Its formula is 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7.
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The notes of D♯ blues
From D♯ up to D♯: step and a half, whole, half, half, step and a half, whole. Tap a key to hear it.
D♯ F♯ G♯ A A♯ C♯ D♯
| Degree | Note | From the root |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | D♯ | Root |
| ♭3 | F♯ | Minor third |
| 4 | G♯ | Perfect fourth |
| ♭5 | A | Diminished fifth |
| 5 | A♯ | Perfect fifth |
| ♭7 | C♯ | Minor seventh |
How D♯ blues is built
D♯ minor pentatonic with one note added: A, the flat fifth, between G♯ and A♯. That is the blue note, and the rub it makes against the notes beside it is the sound of the blues.
The minor pentatonic with one note added: the flat fifth, the “blue note” that gives blues, rock and soul their bite. Six notes in all. The blues scale in every key.
Chords to play D♯ blues over
A blues in D♯ moves between three chords, the first, fourth and fifth, each played as a seventh chord. The scale fits over all three.
See them as a 12-bar blues.
Play D♯ blues over a beat
A beat on the chords of D♯ minor. Play the scale over it on the keyboard above, then open it in the editor and add your melody as its own part.
Questions about D♯ blues
What notes are in the D♯ blues scale?
D♯, F♯, G♯, A, A♯ and C♯. Its formula is 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7, counted from the major scale on D♯, and its steps from D♯ up to D♯ are: step and a half, whole, half, half, step and a half, whole.
What is the blue note in the D♯ blues scale?
A, the flat fifth, a half step above G♯ and below A♯. It slides into one of them more often than it stays, and that rub is what makes it sound like the blues. Without it the scale is D♯ minor pentatonic.
Blues scale in every key
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