A♭ Dorian ♯4Scale · A♭ Ukrainian Dorian
Formula
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.
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.
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.
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?
A♭m7 (i), B♭7 (II), C♭maj7 (♭III), D°7 (♯iv°), E♭m(maj7) (v), Fm7♭5 (vi°), G♭maj7♯5 (♭VII+).
When is the A♭ Dorian ♯4 scale used?
Ukrainian Dorian: Eastern European folk, klezmer and Romani music over a minor chord.