Guitar scale · exotic
D Tritone Scale
Six-note scale 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7. It is made of two major triads a tritone apart.
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D Tritone Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|-------------------------------------10-11-14-| B|----------------------------------13----------| G|-------------------------11-13-14-------------| D|----------------10-12-13----------------------| A|----------11-12-------------------------------| E|-10-11-14-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------14-16-| B|----------------------------13-15-16-------| G|----------------------13-14----------------| D|-------------12-13-16----------------------| A|-------12-15-------------------------------| E|-14-16-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------14-16-17-| B|-------------------------------15-16----------| G|-------------------------14-17----------------| D|-------------------16-18----------------------| A|----------15-17-18----------------------------| E|-14-16-17-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------17-20-| B|-------------------------------19-21-------| G|----------------------17-19-20-------------| D|----------------18-19----------------------| A|-------17-18-21----------------------------| E|-17-20-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------20-22-| B|----------------------19-21-22-------| G|----------------19-20----------------| D|----------19-22----------------------| A|-------21----------------------------| E|-20-22-------------------------------|
How to play D Tritone on guitar
Find the root first: D is at fret 10 on the low E string and fret 5 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every D on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, 5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 10–14. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | D |
| ♭2 | Eb |
| 3 | F# |
| ♯4 | G# |
| 5 | A |
| ♭7 | C |
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Questions
- What notes are in the D Tritone Scale?
- The D Tritone Scale has 6 notes: D, Eb, F#, G#, A, C.
- What is the formula of the tritone scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7, which is the step pattern H W+H W H W+H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play D Tritone on the guitar?
- The root D is at fret 10 on the low E string and fret 5 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 10–14, and four more positions connect it up the neck.