Dorian b2 scale
Lowering the second degree of a Dorian scale by a half step produces the second mode of melodic minor. The result reads equally well as Phrygian with a natural sixth, and the catalog's alternate name Phrygian ♮6 records exactly that.
- Used for
- Jazz solos over suspended and minor chords.
- Formula
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Steps H W W W W H W Semitones 1-2-2-2-2-1-2 Degrees 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the second mode of the Melodic Minor Ascending scale.
- Also called
- Javanese.
Dorian b2 in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- D D Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- E E Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- F F Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- G G Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- A A Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
- B B Dorian b2 scale piano guitar
