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 C♯I Harmonic minor 6 D♯II Locrian ♮6 ♭7 EIII Ionian ♯5 1 F♯IV Dorian ♯4 2 G♯V Phrygian dominant ♭3 AVI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 B♯VII 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 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 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
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
iF♯m7F♯ A C♯ E
IIG♯7G♯ B♯ D♯ F♯
♭IIIAmaj7A C♯ E G♯
♯iv°B♯°7B♯ D♯ F♯ A
vC♯m(maj7)C♯ E G♯ B♯
vi°D♯m7♭5D♯ F♯ A C♯
♭VII+Emaj7♯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?

F♯m7 (i), G♯7 (II), Amaj7 (♭III), B♯°7 (♯iv°), C♯m(maj7) (v), D♯m7♭5 (vi°), Emaj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the F♯ Dorian ♯4 scale used?

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