About the D Jazz Minor b5 scale
D Jazz Minor b5 is used for jazz and film music that wants an unstable minor. Think of it as a melodic minor with the fifth lowered, off balance and modern.
Its notes are D, E, F, G, A♭, B, and C♯. The formula is W H W H 1½ W H.
Also called Jeths' Mode and Melodic Minor ♭5.
The key shares E, D, G, and B with the guitar's open strings. A guitarist finds the lowest D at the 5th fret of the A string. D Jazz Minor ♭5 sits in true open position, with a complete octave of the scale inside the first three frets.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
CAGED
Five shapes, each anchored to a chord form you already know, the pop and rock default that ties your scales to your chords. The outlined notes are that chord, so you can see the C, A, G, E, and D shapes inside the scale.
3NPS
3NPS stands for 3 notes per string. It lays the scale out in seven even shapes for rock and metal lead, and favors speed because the picking pattern stays consistent across every string.
7-position system
7 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | DD | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | EE | Major 2nd |
| 3 | FF | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | GG | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | AbA♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 6 | BB | Major 6th |
| 7 | C#C♯ | Major 7th |
| Steps | W H W H 1½ W H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-2-1-3-2-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Jazz Minor b5 in other keys
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