guitar scale
D♯ minor pentatonic
D♯1F♯♭3G♯4A♯5C♯♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ minor pentatonic.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
D♯W+HF♯WG♯WA♯W+HC♯WD♯
What is true of it
D♯ minor pentatonic is D♯, F♯, G♯, A♯ and C♯, and back to D♯.
Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on D♯
D♯ major pentatonicpentatonicD♯ bluespentatonicD♯ major bluespentatonicD♯ majormajorD♯ natural minorminorD♯ harmonic minorminor
C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentE min pentF min pentF♯ min pentG♭ min pentall 374