Scale · Minor Pentatonic

D♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale

The D♭ minor pentatonic scale is the workhorse of blues, rock, and pop soloing in D♭ minor. Five notes that almost never clash.

D♭ Minor Pentatonic
D♭EG♭A♭B
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Notes in D♭ Minor Pentatonic

The D♭ Minor Pentatonic scale contains D♭ — E — G♭ — A♭ — B. The interval pattern is the universal minor pentatonic pattern, transposed to start on D♭.

How to use it

Open the interactive scale explorer above to see D♭ Minor Pentatonic on a piano keyboard, on a guitar fretboard, and to hear it played ascending or descending. The diatonic chord chips show the chords built from this scale.

Common uses

The D♭ minor pentatonic scale is the workhorse of blues, rock, and pop soloing in D♭ minor. Five notes that almost never clash.

FAQs

What chords go with the D♭ Minor Pentatonic scale?

Open the scale explorer to see the seven diatonic chords built from this scale. Each chord chip plays back so you can hear the harmony.

How is D♭ Minor Pentatonic different from other scales on D♭?

The intervals between notes are different. D♭ Minor Pentatonic uses the minor pentatonic interval pattern; switch to a different scale type in the explorer to hear how the same root sounds with major, minor, pentatonic, blues, and other patterns.

What's the relative key of D♭ Minor Pentatonic?

For major and minor scales, the relative is found three semitones away. D♭ major and Bb minor share the same notes; D♭ minor and E major share the same notes.

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