D# Dorian Mode on Guitar

Play the D# dorian scale

Use the step menu in the player to switch between the single-string run and the box shapes.

Notes of the D# dorian scale

Structure

D# dorian scale notes:

D# E# F# G# A# B# C#

How the dorian scale is built:

The dorian scale is built from the degrees 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7, which gives the step pattern W-H-W-W-W-H-W (W = whole step, H = half step).

Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10. That makes it a 7-note scale.

It is mode 2 of the Major Scale, so both scales share the same notes from a different starting point.

D# Dorian Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

On one string (D)

Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 5

3 notes per string — position 1

3 notes per string — position 2

3 notes per string — position 3

3 notes per string — position 4

3 notes per string — position 5

Chords in the D# dorian scale

Stacking thirds on each degree of the scale gives these chords.

Related modes

These scales share the same notes as the dorian scale, starting from a different degree.

The dorian scale in other keys

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