Rock improvisation in D (Drop D) New
The D minor pentatonic scale (position 1) works over this entire Drop D grid, built only from power chords (D5d-G5d-E5d): same notes as in standard tuning, only the low E string changes.
Tips
Drop D doesn't change the scale's position on the neck at all: if you already know D minor pentatonic in standard tuning, it plays exactly the same here.
Chord progression — D
Bar 1
D5d
Bar 2
G5d
Bar 3
D5d
Bar 4
E5d
Bar 5
G5d
Bar 6
D5d
Bar 7
E5d
Bar 8
D5d
Fretboard position
root note other scale note
Chords
Related sheets
- Full round trip riff — C# minor (Level 4)
- String-skip zigzag riff — G minor (Level 4)
- Rock in D (Drop D) — arpeggios (Level 4)