B♭ Dorian ♭2Scale
Formula
B♭ Dorian ♭2 on the chromatic circle
B♭ Dorian ♭2 is the 2nd mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
B♭ Dorian ♭2 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 B♭ Dorian ♭2
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where B♭ Dorian ♭2 fits
Over sus4♭9 chords in modern jazz: Phrygian with a natural 6th.
B♭ Dorian ♭2 is mode 2 of the melodic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- B♭ Dorian ♭2
- C♭ Lydian augmented
- D♭ Lydian dominant
- E♭ Mixolydian ♭6
- F Locrian ♮2
- G Altered
- A♭ Melodic minor
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Dorian ♭2 scale in every key
B♭ Dorian ♭2 scale questions
What notes are in the B♭ Dorian ♭2 scale?
B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G A♭. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7.
What is the B♭ Dorian ♭2 scale formula?
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, H W W W 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 B♭ Dorian ♭2 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of B♭ Dorian ♭2 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 A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.
What chords are in the B♭ Dorian ♭2 scale?
B♭m7 (i), C♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), D♭7 (♭III), E♭7 (IV), Fm7♭5 (v°), Gm7♭5 (vi°), A♭m(maj7) (♭vii).
When is the B♭ Dorian ♭2 scale used?
Over sus4♭9 chords in modern jazz: Phrygian with a natural 6th.