D Scales Reference

Comprehensive reference for all musical scales with D as the root note.

Scale Name	Category	Notes (D Root)	Intervals
Major Scale MAJOR	Diatonic	D E F# G A B C#	0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11
Natural Minor Scale NATURAL_MINOR	Minor	D E F G A Bb C	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 10
Minor Pentatonic Scale MINOR_PENTATONIC	Pentatonic	D F G A C	0 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 10
Major Pentatonic Scale MAJOR_PENTATONIC	Pentatonic	D E F# A B	0 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 9
Dorian Mode DORIAN	Modal	D E F G A B C	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 10
Mixolydian Mode MIXOLYDIAN	Modal	D E F# G A B C	0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 10
Blues Scale BLUES	Blues	D F G G# A C	0 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 10
Harmonic Minor Scale HARMONIC_MINOR	Minor	D E F G A Bb C#	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 11
Aeolian Mode AEOLIAN	Modal	D E F G A Bb C	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 10
Lydian Mode LYDIAN	Modal	D E F# G# A B C#	0 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 11
Melodic Minor Scale MELODIC_MINOR	Minor	D E F G A B C#	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11
Phrygian Mode PHRYGIAN	Modal	D Eb F G A Bb C	0 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 10
Major Blues Scale MAJOR_BLUES	Blues	D E F F# A B	0 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 9
Ionian Mode IONIAN	Modal	D E F# G A B C#	0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11
Locrian Mode LOCRIAN	Modal	D Eb F G Ab Bb C	0 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 10
Whole Tone Scale WHOLE_TONE	Symmetrical	D E F# G# A# C	0 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10
Diminished Scale DIMINISHED	Symmetrical	D E F G Ab Bb B C#	0 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 11
Chromatic Scale CHROMATIC	Theoretical	D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C C#	0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11