Tuning-specific scale diagram

D Minor Blues Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

D Minor Blues Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same d minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: D, F, G, Ab, A, C
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to D Minor Blues Scale: string 5 Ab (b5). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Abb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 11, with the D root at fret 11. On the highest Eb string, the first D is at fret 11.

Fret 2Fb3

Fret 4G4

Fret 5Abb5

Fret 6A5

Fret 9Cb7

Fret 11D1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Minor Blues Scale on the low Eb string at frets 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other scale tones.
Connect the D root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.