A Dorian ♯4Scale · A Ukrainian Dorian

Formula

W H 1½ H W H W 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7
The family

A Dorian ♯4 on the chromatic circle

A Dorian ♯4 is the 4th mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W H 1½ H 5 EI Harmonic minor 6 F♯II Locrian ♮6 ♭7 GIII Ionian ♯5 1 AIV Dorian ♯4 2 BV Phrygian dominant ♭3 CVI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 D♯VII Altered 𝄫7 A Dorian ♯4
The whole neck

A Dorian ♯4 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.

3 5 7 9 12 15 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7
Harmony

Chords in A Dorian ♯4

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
iAm7A C E G
IIB7B D♯ F♯ A
♭IIICmaj7C E G B
♯iv°D♯°7D♯ F♯ A C
vEm(maj7)E G B D♯
vi°F♯m7♭5F♯ A C E
♭VII+Gmaj7♯5G B D♯ F♯
Context

Where A Dorian ♯4 fits

Ukrainian Dorian: Eastern European folk, klezmer and Romani music over a minor chord.

A Dorian ♯4 is mode 4 of the harmonic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Dorian ♯4 scale in every key

A Dorian ♯4 scale questions

What notes are in the A Dorian ♯4 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 ♯4 scale formula?

1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, W H 1½ H W 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 ♯4 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of A Dorian ♯4 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 ♯4 scale?

Am7 (i), B7 (II), Cmaj7 (♭III), D♯°7 (♯iv°), Em(maj7) (v), F♯m7♭5 (vi°), Gmaj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the A Dorian ♯4 scale used?

Ukrainian Dorian: Eastern European folk, klezmer and Romani music over a minor chord.