About the D#/Eb Quartal Minor Scale (Stacked 4ths)
The D#/Eb quartal minor scale is a 6-note scale. Quartal harmony for minor: stacked perfect 4ths over minor chords (So What, Dm7, minor modal). Its notes are D#, G#, C#, F#, B and E, built from the formula 1 4 ♭7 ♭3 ♭6 ♭2.
- Notes
- D# – G# – C# – F# – B – E
- Formula
- 1 4 ♭7 ♭3 ♭6 ♭2
- Steps
- 5–5–-7–5–-7–11
- Root
- D#/Eb
D#/Eb Quartal Minor Scale (Stacked 4ths) degrees and intervals
| Degree | Note | Interval |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | D# | Root |
| 4 | G# | Perfect 4th |
| ♭7 | C# | Minor 7th |
| ♭3 | F# | Minor 3rd |
| ♭6 | B | Minor 6th |
| ♭2 | E | Minor 2nd |
Where to play the D#/Eb Quartal Minor Scale (Stacked 4ths) on guitar
Frets 0–12 in standard tuning (E A D G B E), lowest string first. Root notes (D#) are highlighted; the pattern repeats from the 12th fret up.
| String | Frets |
|---|---|
| E2 | 0, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12 |
| A2 | 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 |
| D3 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11 |
| G3 | 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 |
| B3 | 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 |
| E4 | 0, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12 |
How to practice the quartal minor scale
- Use over m7, m11, and minor modal vamps
- Practice So What–style voicings (e.g. Dm7)
- Work on parallel quartal movement in minor
- Try comping over i–IV–i or i–♭VII in minor
- Combine with natural minor and Dorian for lines
Scales with the same notes as D#/Eb Quartal Minor Scale (Stacked 4ths)
These scales share every note with the D#/Eb quartal minor scale but start from a different root, so the same shapes work over different chords.
Quartal Minor scale in other keys
Other scales in D#/Eb
- D#/Eb Minor Pentatonic
- D#/Eb Major Pentatonic
- D#/Eb Mixolydian Pentatonic
- D#/Eb Natural Minor
- D#/Eb Major (Ionian)
- D#/Eb Blues
- D#/Eb Dorian
- D#/Eb Mixolydian
- D#/Eb Phrygian
- D#/Eb Harmonic Minor
- D#/Eb Lydian
- D#/Eb Locrian
- D#/Eb Diminished (Half-Whole)
- D#/Eb Diminished (Whole-Half)
- D#/Eb Whole Tone
- D#/Eb Augmented (Hexatonic)
- D#/Eb Altered (Super Locrian)
- D#/Eb Phrygian Dominant
- D#/Eb Lydian Dominant
- D#/Eb Mixolydian ♭6 (Hindu)
- D#/Eb Bebop Dominant
- D#/Eb Quartal (Stacked 4ths)