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C♯ dorian #4 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F##, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E at frets 0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12

A string: A#, B, C#, D#, E, F##, G# at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11

D string: D#, E, F##, G#, A#, B, C# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

G string: F##, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E, F## at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

B string: B, C#, D#, E, F##, G#, A#, B at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

High E string: E, F##, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E at frets 0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12

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C# dorian #4

The dorian #4 scale, the fourth mode of the harmonic minor scale, is also known as the ukrainian dorian or romanian minor scale. Dorian's minor-with-a-bright-6th frame gets a raised 4th, producing the klezmer and Eastern European fiddle sound. The #4 pulls up to the 5th while the b3 keeps it minor: instant folk drama over a minor chord.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

C♯

i

C♯m
D♯

II

D♯maj
E

bIII

Emaj
F𝄪

#iv°

F𝄪dim
G♯

v

G♯m
A♯

vi°

A♯dim
B

bVII+

Baug

Characteristic note: G (#4), the raised fourth over a dorian base, the Ukrainian dorian sound.

Same notes, different mode

C# dorian #4 uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

D# phrygian dominantE lydian #9G ultralocrianG# harmonic minorA# locrian 6B major augmented

dorian #4 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • The klezmer move: bIII (E) up to #IV (G), an augmented 2nd inside a minor scale with a bright 6th; practice it as a slide on one string.
  • It is harmonic minor's fourth mode: C# dorian #4 (G) equals the harmonic minor a 4th below, so fingerings transfer.
  • Resolve #IV (G) up to V constantly; that pull against the minor 3rd is the Eastern European fiddle sound.
  • Over a m6 or m7 vamp, alternate plain dorian and dorian #4 (G): moving one note in and out keeps a long solo alive.

How to play C♯ dorian #4 on guitar

Capo fret 1 turns 5 sharps into C fingerings, which lets you keep shapes you already have under the hand. Open low E and B are in the scale as a minor third and minor seventh, so they work as passing tones under fretted lines. Roots begin at fret 9, A-shape at 4. Baug carries the bVII+ and F##dim the #iv, and with no functional dominant nothing resolves for you.

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