Dorian b5 scale
Dorian ♭5 is the second mode of harmonic major, a Dorian scale whose fifth has been lowered.
- Used for
- Jazz solos and moody, unsettled passages.
- Formula
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Steps W H W H 1½ H W Semitones 2-1-2-1-3-1-2 Degrees 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 - Also called
- Maqam Karcigar.
Dorian b5 in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- D D Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- E E Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- F F Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- G G Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- A A Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
- B B Dorian b5 scale piano guitar
