D Dominant Blues Scale

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Notes

D
E
F♯
G♯
A
B♯

Solfège : Ré – Mi – Fa♯ – Sol♯ – La – Si♯

Interval Structure

D T E T F♯ T G♯ ½T A T+½T B♯ D+oct. T

About this scale

The dominant blues scale enriches the dominant pentatonic with the tritone (#4/b5). Very close to the overtone/Lydian dominant scale, it sounds with maximum tension over altered dominant chords. Indispensable for expressive jazz-blues bass lines.

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Same scale in other keys