About the D Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale
D Melodic Minor Pentatonic is used for jazz and modern minor melodies. Think of it as a five-note minor scale that reaches for a major seventh. It is D Minor Pentatonic with the seventh raised.
Its notes are D, F, G, A, and C♯. The formula is 1½ W W 4 semitones H.
The open-string notes A, D, and G all sit inside D Melodic Minor Pentatonic. The 5th fret of the A string is the lowest D on the neck. The key runs a complete octave from root to root inside the first three frets.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | DD | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | FF | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | GG | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | AA | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | C#C♯ | Major 7th |
| Steps | 1½ W W 4 semitones H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 3-2-2-4-1 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭3 4 5 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Melodic Minor Pentatonic in other keys
C Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleD flat Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleE flat Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleE Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleF Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleG flat Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleG Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleA flat Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleA Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleB flat Melodic Minor Pentatonic scaleB Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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