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D minor #7M pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, G, A, C#, D at frets 1, 3, 5, 9, 10

A string: A, C#, D, F, G, A at frets 0, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12

D string: D, F, G, A, C#, D at frets 0, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12

G string: G, A, C#, D, F, G at frets 0, 2, 6, 7, 10, 12

B string: C#, D, F, G, A at frets 2, 3, 6, 8, 10

High E string: F, G, A, C#, D at frets 1, 3, 5, 9, 10

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D minor #7M pentatonic

The minor #7 pentatonic is the minor pentatonic with its flat 7th raised to a major 7th: root, flat 3rd, 4th, 5th, major 7th. It outlines a minor-major 7th chord, the brooding James Bond sonority, and gives melodic or harmonic minor color inside a comfortable pentatonic grip. The half step from 7 up to the root is the whole drama.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

D

I

F

bIII

G

IV

A

V

C♯

VII

minor #7M pentatonic in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Minor pentatonic with the b7 (C) raised to a major 7th: every box you know works, with one fret moved.
  • It outlines a m(maj7) chord: the James Bond sonority in five notes over a D minor vamp.
  • Let the VII to root half step end phrases; that is the drama the raised note buys.
  • Alternate it with regular D minor pentatonic: shifting the 7th back and forth animates a static minor groove.

How to play D minor #7M pentatonic on guitar

Open D is the root, with open A a perfect fifth above and open G a perfect fourth, so three strings can drone while the left hand works. Box 1 climbs to fret 10, well up the neck. Roots also land at fret 5 on the A, fret 3 on the B, so the open position and the box are joined by two easy stops. Everything from fret 14 belongs to the next shape.

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