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D piongio Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, G, A, B, C, D, E at frets 0, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

A string: A, B, C, D, E, G, A at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12

D string: D, E, G, A, B, C, D at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12

G string: G, A, B, C, D, E, G at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12

B string: B, C, D, E, G, A, B at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12

High E string: E, G, A, B, C, D, E at frets 0, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

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D piongio

The piongio scale is a six note set built almost entirely from stacked 4ths and 2nds: root, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, flat 7th. With both the 6th and flat 7th but no 3rd, it hovers between major pentatonic openness and dominant-sus color. Treat it as a sus vocabulary: it converts a static 7sus4 vamp into melodic material immediately.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

D

I

E

II

G

IV

A

V

B

VI

C

bVII

piongio in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Nearly a scale of 4ths and 2nds: both the 6th (B) and flat 7th (C) with no 3rd, so treat it as sus-chord vocabulary.
  • Over a 7sus4 vamp on D, alternate VI and bVII (C) as the melodic top; the scale converts a static chord into motion.
  • Quartal stacks fall out of it naturally: root-IV-bVII and II-V-VI as movable two-shape comping.
  • Ground phrases on root, IV and V; the paired VI and bVII (C) then work as a built-in double approach to the octave.

How to play D piongio on guitar

Every open string belongs to this key, and the open D is itself a root, so the guitar drones without any fretting. Open A supplies the fifth, the open B a major sixth and the open G a perfect fourth. All six notes are naturals, which means nothing in the key needs a sharp or a flat. Fretted roots sit at 3, 5, 7 and 10.

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