About the D Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) scale
D Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) is another five-note slice of the whole-tone scale. It's used for impressionist textures and film scoring.
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 | D | Root |
| 2 | E | Major 2nd |
| 3 | F sharp | Major 3rd |
| 4 | G sharp | Augmented 4th |
| 5 | A sharp | Augmented 5th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) in other keys
C Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) D flat Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) E flat Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) E Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) F Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) G flat Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) G Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) A flat Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) A Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) B flat Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt) B Whole Tone Pentatonic (alt)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
