Guitar Scale Logic
D# Major Pentatonic Guitar Scale in Whole Step Down
Major Pentatonic scale notes, fretboard positions and guitar tabs for Whole Step Down.
Scale Tablature
Position 1
D|------------------------------1--| A|------------------------1--3-----| F|------------------0--2-----------| C|------------0--3-----------------| G|------0--3-----------------------| D|1--3-----------------------------|
0-4 frets • five-fret position fragment • 11 notes
Theory & Context
Why This Shape Works
The D# Major Pentatonic scale uses D♯, E♯, F♯♯, A♯, B♯ and the formula 1 2 3 5 6. In Whole Step Down tuning, the open strings run D A F C G D from highest to lowest, so use this map rather than a Standard-tuning shape. Use the map to locate each D# root, then select a five-fret position to see its tablature. The chord suggestions use notes from this scale.
Major Pentatonic sounds clean, vocal and easy to phrase musically. Try it for country licks, melodic fills and upbeat lead guitar. Whole Step Down lowers every string by two semitones. The string relationships stay the same as Standard tuning.
Target the root and 6th for a sweet, singing pentatonic line. In Whole Step Down, remember that a familiar shape now sounds a whole tone lower.
- D♯
- E♯
- F♯♯
- A♯
- B♯
Suggested Chords
Works Well With This Scale
These chords contain notes from the selected scale.
- D♯major
- D♯sus2sus2
- D♯5power
- D♯6major 6
- E♯sus2sus2
- E♯sus4sus4
- E♯5power
- A♯sus2sus2
- A♯sus4sus4
- A♯5power