A Dorian ♭5Scale
Formula
A Dorian ♭5 on the chromatic circle
A Dorian ♭5 is the 2nd mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A Dorian ♭5 across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Chords in A Dorian ♭5
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where A Dorian ♭5 fits
Over m7♭5 chords: a rare colour in jazz.
A Dorian ♭5 is mode 2 of the harmonic major family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- A Dorian ♭5
- B Phrygian ♭4
- C Lydian ♭3
- D Mixolydian ♭2
- E♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
- F♯ Locrian 𝄫7
- G Harmonic major
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Dorian ♭5 scale in every key
A Dorian ♭5 scale questions
What notes are in the A Dorian ♭5 scale?
A B C D E♭ F♯ G. As degrees from the root: 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7.
What is the A Dorian ♭5 scale formula?
1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, W H W H 1½ H W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the A Dorian ♭5 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A Dorian ♭5 up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.
What chords are in the A Dorian ♭5 scale?
Am7♭5 (i°), Bm7 (ii), Cm(maj7) (♭iii), D7 (IV), E♭maj7♯5 (♭V+), F♯°7 (vi°), Gmaj7 (♭VII).
When is the A Dorian ♭5 scale used?
Over m7♭5 chords: a rare colour in jazz.