D Major Guitar Scale

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Notes in the D Major Guitar Scale

How to play the D Major guitar scale

The D Major scale is a major scale which means it has the following definition:

R 2 3 4 5 6 7

Which notes are in the D Major guitar scale?

The notes in the D Major scale are:

D E F# G A B C# D

There are 7 notes in the scale with no flats and 2 sharps.

What are the intervals in the D Major Guitar Scale?

The scale definition for the D Major guitar scale is R 2 3 4 5 6 7 which means that the interval formula for the scale in semitones is:

2 2 1 2 2 2 1

You can also write this as note intervals:

Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone Tone Semitone

The D Major Guitar Scale on the fretboard

Let's take a look at D Major on the guitar fretboard. Here is the scale across the entire fretboard:

Full guitar fretboard for D Major scale

D Major Guitar Scale Recap

Here is a quick recap of all the information about the D Major covered in this page:

  • The D Major Scale is a major scale.

  • The definition of the D Major scale is: R 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • The notes in the D Major guitar scale are: D E F# G A B C# D

  • The interval formula for the D Major scale is: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1

  • The note intervals in the D Major scale are: Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone Tone Semitone

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