E Dorian ♯4Scale · E Ukrainian Dorian

Formula

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

E Dorian ♯4 on the chromatic circle

E 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 BI Harmonic minor 6 C♯II Locrian ♮6 ♭7 DIII Ionian ♯5 1 EIV Dorian ♯4 2 F♯V Phrygian dominant ♭3 GVI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 A♯VII Altered 𝄫7 E Dorian ♯4
The whole neck

E 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 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 ♭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 E 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
iEm7E G B D
IIF♯7F♯ A♯ C♯ E
♭IIIGmaj7G B D F♯
♯iv°A♯°7A♯ C♯ E G
vBm(maj7)B D F♯ A♯
vi°C♯m7♭5C♯ E G B
♭VII+Dmaj7♯5D F♯ A♯ C♯
Context

Where E Dorian ♯4 fits

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

E 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

E Dorian ♯4 scale questions

What notes are in the E Dorian ♯4 scale?

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

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

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

What chords are in the E Dorian ♯4 scale?

Em7 (i), F♯7 (II), Gmaj7 (♭III), A♯°7 (♯iv°), Bm(maj7) (v), C♯m7♭5 (vi°), Dmaj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the E Dorian ♯4 scale used?

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