D scales

Bass guitar scales with D as the root note.
Choose from the categories below for fingerboard diagrams and supplementary information.

D Major D Minor D Melodic Minor D Harmonic Minor D Major Pentatonic D Minor Pentatonic D Ionian D Dorian D Phrygian D Lydian D Mixolydian D Aeolian D Locrian

Explanations

Major - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The D Major scale are connected to the key of D, they contain the same notes.
Minor - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The D Minor scale are connected to the key of D Minor, they contain the same notes. D Minor is sometimes written as Dm in shortened form. Sometimes written as Natural Minor to distinguish it from other Minor scale categories.
Melodic Minor - This minor scale differs from the Natural Minor by containing one instead of three flattened notes.
Harmonic Minor - This minor scale differs from the Natural Minor by containing two instead of three flattened notes.
Major Pentatonic - A five-notes scale based on the Major scale, but without the 4th and the 7th intervals.
Minor Pentatonic - A five-notes scale based on the Minor scale, but without the 2nd and the 6th intervals.
Ionian - The first mode of the Major scale.
Dorian - The second mode of the Major scale.
Phrygian - The third mode of the Major scale.
Lydian - The fourth mode of the Major scale.
Mixolydian - The fifth mode of the Major scale.
Aeolian - The sixth mode of the Major scale.
Locrian - The seventh mode of the Major scale.