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 B♭I Harmonic minor 6 CII Locrian ♮6 ♭7 D♭III Ionian ♯5 1 E♭IV Dorian ♯4 2 FV Phrygian dominant ♭3 G♭VI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 AVII 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 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 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
iE♭m7E♭ G♭ B♭ D♭
IIF7F A C E♭
♭IIIG♭maj7G♭ B♭ D♭ F
♯iv°A°7A C E♭ G♭
vB♭m(maj7)B♭ D♭ F A
vi°Cm7♭5C E♭ G♭ B♭
♭VII+D♭maj7♯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 D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape.

What chords are in the E♭ Dorian ♯4 scale?

E♭m7 (i), F7 (II), G♭maj7 (♭III), A°7 (♯iv°), B♭m(maj7) (v), Cm7♭5 (vi°), D♭maj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the E♭ Dorian ♯4 scale used?

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