Db Major Blues Scale — Guitar
Db Major Blues on guitar: notes Db, Eb, Fb, F, Ab, Bb — free scale chart, no sign-up. Major pentatonic plus a passing b3 that slides into the major 3rd — a brighter, country- and gospel-leaning cousin of the minor blues scale.
Guitar · 6-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G, B, e. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 0 Fb (flat 3), fret 1 F (3), fret 4 Ab (5), fret 6 Bb (6), fret 9 Db (root), fret 11 Eb (2), fret 12 Fb (flat 3), fret 13 F (3), fret 16 Ab (5), fret 18 Bb (6), fret 21 Db (root), fret 23 Eb (2), fret 24 Fb (flat 3).
- A string: fret 1 Bb (6), fret 4 Db (root), fret 6 Eb (2), fret 7 Fb (flat 3), fret 8 F (3), fret 11 Ab (5), fret 13 Bb (6), fret 16 Db (root), fret 18 Eb (2), fret 19 Fb (flat 3), fret 20 F (3), fret 23 Ab (5).
- D string: fret 1 Eb (2), fret 2 Fb (flat 3), fret 3 F (3), fret 6 Ab (5), fret 8 Bb (6), fret 11 Db (root), fret 13 Eb (2), fret 14 Fb (flat 3), fret 15 F (3), fret 18 Ab (5), fret 20 Bb (6), fret 23 Db (root).
- G string: fret 1 Ab (5), fret 3 Bb (6), fret 6 Db (root), fret 8 Eb (2), fret 9 Fb (flat 3), fret 10 F (3), fret 13 Ab (5), fret 15 Bb (6), fret 18 Db (root), fret 20 Eb (2), fret 21 Fb (flat 3), fret 22 F (3).
- B string: fret 2 Db (root), fret 4 Eb (2), fret 5 Fb (flat 3), fret 6 F (3), fret 9 Ab (5), fret 11 Bb (6), fret 14 Db (root), fret 16 Eb (2), fret 17 Fb (flat 3), fret 18 F (3), fret 21 Ab (5), fret 23 Bb (6).
- e string: fret 0 Fb (flat 3), fret 1 F (3), fret 4 Ab (5), fret 6 Bb (6), fret 9 Db (root), fret 11 Eb (2), fret 12 Fb (flat 3), fret 13 F (3), fret 16 Ab (5), fret 18 Bb (6), fret 21 Db (root), fret 23 Eb (2), fret 24 Fb (flat 3).
Notes in the Db major blues scale
The Db major blues scale contains 6 notes: Db, Eb, Fb, F, Ab, Bb. Its scale degrees are R · 2 · b3 · 3 · 5 · 6.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | Db |
| 2 | Eb |
| b3 | Fb |
| 3 | F |
| 5 | Ab |
| 6 | Bb |
Db major blues on guitar
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.