D Dorian ♯4Scale · D Ukrainian Dorian

Formula

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

D Dorian ♯4 on the chromatic circle

D 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 AI Harmonic minor 6 BII Locrian ♮6 ♭7 CIII Ionian ♯5 1 DIV Dorian ♯4 2 EV Phrygian dominant ♭3 FVI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 G♯VII Altered 𝄫7 D Dorian ♯4
The whole neck

D 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 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 ♭3 ♯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
Harmony

Chords in D 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
iDm7D F A C
IIE7E G♯ B D
♭IIIFmaj7F A C E
♯iv°G♯°7G♯ B D F
vAm(maj7)A C E G♯
vi°Bm7♭5B D F A
♭VII+Cmaj7♯5C E G♯ B
Context

Where D Dorian ♯4 fits

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

D 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

D Dorian ♯4 scale questions

What notes are in the D Dorian ♯4 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 ♯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 D Dorian ♯4 scale on guitar?

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

Dm7 (i), E7 (II), Fmaj7 (♭III), G♯°7 (♯iv°), Am(maj7) (v), Bm7♭5 (vi°), Cmaj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the D Dorian ♯4 scale used?

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