G Dorian ♯4Scale · G Ukrainian Dorian

Formula

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

G Dorian ♯4 on the chromatic circle

G 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 DI Harmonic minor 6 EII Locrian ♮6 ♭7 FIII Ionian ♯5 1 GIV Dorian ♯4 2 AV Phrygian dominant ♭3 B♭VI Lydian ♯2 ♯4 C♯VII Altered 𝄫7 G Dorian ♯4
The whole neck

G 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 6 ♭7 1 2 ♭3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 1 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
Harmony

Chords in G 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
iGm7G B♭ D F
IIA7A C♯ E G
♭IIIB♭maj7B♭ D F A
♯iv°C♯°7C♯ E G B♭
vDm(maj7)D F A C♯
vi°Em7♭5E G B♭ D
♭VII+Fmaj7♯5F A C♯ E
Context

Where G Dorian ♯4 fits

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

G 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

G Dorian ♯4 scale questions

What notes are in the G Dorian ♯4 scale?

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

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

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

What chords are in the G Dorian ♯4 scale?

Gm7 (i), A7 (II), B♭maj7 (♭III), C♯°7 (♯iv°), Dm(maj7) (v), Em7♭5 (vi°), Fmaj7♯5 (♭VII+).

When is the G Dorian ♯4 scale used?

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