Tuning-specific scale diagram

F Minor Blues Scale in DADGAD Tuning

F Minor Blues Scale in DADGAD Tuning shows the same f minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: F, Ab, Bb, Cb, C, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F Minor Blues Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low D string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, and 10, with the F root at fret 3. On the highest D string, the first F is at fret 3.

Fret 1Ebb7

Fret 3F1

Fret 6Abb3

Fret 8Bb4

Fret 9Cbb5

Fret 10C5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor Blues Scale on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 10, 8, and 3, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.