C# dorian scale for guitar
Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the C# dorian scale (1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7) on guitar: C# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B.
Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
C# Dorian
12b3456b7
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
1
C#
· Root
2
D#
· Tension
b3
E
· Third
4
F#
· Tension
5
G#
· Fifth
6
A#
· characteristic note
b7
B
· Seventh
Scale sheet
C# DorianFormula (degrees)
1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
Notes in key
C# D# E F# G# A# B
Typical use
Over m7; characteristic major 6th.
Dorian
Dorian is the second mode of the major scale: a minor scale with a major sixth instead of a minor sixth. That sixth is its characteristic note and gives it a more open color than the natural minor; it's the scale of choice over m7 chords.
Notes of the C# dorian scale: C# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B.