F Dorian ♯4Scale · F Ukrainian Dorian

Formula

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

F Dorian ♯4 on the chromatic circle

F 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 CI Harmonic minor 6 DII Locrian ♮6 ♭7 E♭III Ionian ♯5 1 FIV Dorian ♯4 2 GV Phrygian dominant ♭3 A♭VI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 BVII Altered 𝄫7 F Dorian ♯4
The whole neck

F 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 ♯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 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2
Harmony

Chords in F 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
iFm7F A♭ C E♭
IIG7G B D F
♭IIIA♭maj7A♭ C E♭ G
♯iv°B°7B D F A♭
vCm(maj7)C E♭ G B
vi°Dm7♭5D F A♭ C
♭VII+E♭maj7♯5E♭ G B D
Context

Where F Dorian ♯4 fits

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

F 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

F Dorian ♯4 scale questions

What notes are in the F Dorian ♯4 scale?

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

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

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

Fm7 (i), G7 (II), A♭maj7 (♭III), B°7 (♯iv°), Cm(maj7) (v), Dm7♭5 (vi°), E♭maj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the F Dorian ♯4 scale used?

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