D Dorian ♭5Scale
Formula
D Dorian ♭5 on the chromatic circle
D Dorian ♭5 is the 2nd mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
D 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 D 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 D Dorian ♭5 fits
Over m7♭5 chords: a rare colour in jazz.
D 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:
- D Dorian ♭5
- E Phrygian ♭4
- F Lydian ♭3
- G Mixolydian ♭2
- A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
- B Locrian 𝄫7
- C Harmonic major
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Dorian ♭5 scale in every key
D Dorian ♭5 scale questions
What notes are in the D Dorian ♭5 scale?
D E F G A♭ B C. As degrees from the root: 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7.
What is the D 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 D Dorian ♭5 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of D 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.
What chords are in the D Dorian ♭5 scale?
Dm7♭5 (i°), Em7 (ii), Fm(maj7) (♭iii), G7 (IV), A♭maj7♯5 (♭V+), B°7 (vi°), Cmaj7 (♭VII).
When is the D Dorian ♭5 scale used?
Over m7♭5 chords: a rare colour in jazz.