Showing posts with label d# minor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label d# minor. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Dictionary: D# Blues Scale


When you add a diminished 5th note to the D-sharp minor pentatonic scale (the A note, in this case), you now have the D-sharp blues scale.  Try it over D-sharp.  Any D-sharp.  You may like the results.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Dictionary: D# Minor Pentatonic Scale


The D-sharp minor pentatonic scale is convenient to use for improvising solos and composing melodies over a D-sharp minor chord progression, especially if you are unsure whether to use the Aeolian, Dorian, or Phrygian mode at any given moment.

The D-sharp minor pentatonic scale sounds especially bluesy over a D-sharp major chord progression.  If you want an even bluesier scale, stay tuned ...

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Dictionary: D#m Chord


D-sharp minor is the enharmonic of E-flat minor, so here's simpler Ebm for guitar from September 2007.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Dictionary: D# Minor Scale


This scale is the relative minor of F# major.  In the table below, you'll enter D# harmonic minor territory with the chords to the right:

D#m F# E#dim F#aug
G#m B Bm G#dim
A#m C# A# Cxdim












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