C Dorian ♯4Scale · C Ukrainian Dorian

Formula

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

C Dorian ♯4 on the chromatic circle

C 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 GI Harmonic minor 6 AII Locrian ♮6 ♭7 B♭III Ionian ♯5 1 CIV Dorian ♯4 2 DV Phrygian dominant ♭3 E♭VI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 F♯VII Altered 𝄫7 C Dorian ♯4
The whole neck

C 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 ♯4 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 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5
Harmony

Chords in C 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
iCm7C E♭ G B♭
IID7D F♯ A C
♭IIIE♭maj7E♭ G B♭ D
♯iv°F♯°7F♯ A C E♭
vGm(maj7)G B♭ D F♯
vi°Am7♭5A C E♭ G
♭VII+B♭maj7♯5B♭ D F♯ A
Context

Where C Dorian ♯4 fits

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

C 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

C Dorian ♯4 scale questions

What notes are in the C Dorian ♯4 scale?

C D E♭ F♯ G A B♭. As degrees from the root: 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7.

What is the C 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 C Dorian ♯4 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of C 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.

What chords are in the C Dorian ♯4 scale?

Cm7 (i), D7 (II), E♭maj7 (♭III), F♯°7 (♯iv°), Gm(maj7) (v), Am7♭5 (vi°), B♭maj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the C Dorian ♯4 scale used?

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