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D♭ blues scale on guitar
D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ (1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7)
Minor pentatonic plus the "blue note" ♭5, used as a passing note, not a place to sit.
The whole neck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 E A D G B e F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ F♭ G♭ A♭♭ A♭
Low E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard
The 5 box positions
Boxes: the standard five shapes, two notes per string, one finger per fret. Learn one, then the next one up: they share an edge. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.
Box 1 (frets 9–12)
8 9 10 11 12 13 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭5
Box 2 (frets 11–15)
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭5 ♭5
Box 3 (frets 1–5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 E A D G B e 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭5 ♭5 ♭5
Box 4 (frets 3–8)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 E A D G B e 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 ♭5 ♭5 ♭5
Box 5 (frets 6–10)
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭5 ♭5
Related
Other scales from D♭
Blues scale in other keys