piano scale
D minor pentatonic
D1F♭3G4A5C♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
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
DW+HFWGWAW+HCWD
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.
It uses no sharps and no flats at all: seven letters, seven white keys.
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 pentE min pentF min pentF♯ min pentall 374