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D major scale on guitar

D major has 7 notes: D, E, F♯, G, A, B, C♯. Also called Ionian.

D major: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteDEF♯GABC♯
Degree1234567
Step2212221

D major on the whole neck

Every D major note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

D major scale, note names, frets 0 to 15E2F#2G2A2B2C#3D3E3F#3G3A2B2C#3D3E3F#3G3A3B3D3E3F#3G3A3B3C#4D4E4G3A3B3C#4D4E4F#4G4A4B3C#4D4E4F#4G4A4B4C#5D5E4F#4G4A4B4C#5D5E5F#5G56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
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D major scale, degrees, frets 0 to 152345671234567123456123456712456712345671234567123456712346E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
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Degrees

D major in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a D falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

D major, position 1, frets 0 to 4234567123456712346E25A24D33G32B31E401234
    Position 1: frets 0–4, 17 notes
    D major, position 2, frets 3 to 7456712345671234566E25A24D33G32B31E434567
      Position 2: frets 3–7, 17 notes
      D major, position 3, frets 5 to 9567123456712345676E25A24D33G32B31E456789
        Position 3: frets 5–9, 17 notes
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        D major, position 4, frets 7 to 11671234567123456716E25A24D33G32B31E47891011
          Position 4: frets 7–11, 17 notes
          D major, position 5, frets 10 to 14123456712345671236E25A24D33G32B31E41011121314
            Position 5: frets 10–14, 17 notes

            Triads in D major

            DegreeChordPages
            1DD major arpeggio
            2EmE minor arpeggio
            3F♯mF♯ minor arpeggio
            4GG major arpeggio
            5AA major arpeggio
            6BmB minor arpeggio
            7C♯dimC♯ diminished arpeggio

            Seventh chords in D major

            DegreeChordPages
            1Dmaj7Dmaj7 arpeggio · Dmaj7 drop 2 · Dmaj7 drop 3 · Dmaj7 drop 2 and 4
            2Em7Em7 arpeggio · Em7 drop 2 · Em7 drop 3 · Em7 drop 2 and 4
            3F♯m7F♯m7 arpeggio · F♯m7 drop 2 · F♯m7 drop 3 · F♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            4Gmaj7Gmaj7 arpeggio · Gmaj7 drop 2 · Gmaj7 drop 3 · Gmaj7 drop 2 and 4
            5A7A7 arpeggio · A7 drop 2 · A7 drop 3 · A7 drop 2 and 4
            6Bm7Bm7 arpeggio · Bm7 drop 2 · Bm7 drop 3 · Bm7 drop 2 and 4
            7C♯m7♭5C♯m7♭5 arpeggio · C♯m7♭5 drop 2 · C♯m7♭5 drop 3 · C♯m7♭5 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of D major, starting from another root.

            Major in every key

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