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F♯ dorian #4 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

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

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

B string: B#, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10

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

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F# 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:

F♯

i

F♯m
G♯

II

G♯maj
A

bIII

Amaj
B♯

#iv°

B♯dim
C♯

v

C♯m
D♯

vi°

D♯dim
E

bVII+

Eaug

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

Same notes, different mode

F# 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.

G# phrygian dominantA lydian #9B# ultralocrianC# harmonic minorD# locrian 6E major augmented

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

tip
  • The klezmer move: bIII (A) up to #IV (C), 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: F# dorian #4 (C) equals the harmonic minor a 4th below, so fingerings transfer.
  • Resolve #IV (C) 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 (C): moving one note in and out keeps a long solo alive.

How to play F♯ dorian #4 on guitar

Capo fret 2 and E shapes handle a key with 5 sharps, which lets you skip the accidentals entirely. Low E and high E take the root at fret 2, so the E-shape barre there is home and the A-shape sits at 9. Open low E and A are in the scale, a minor seventh and minor third above F#. Eaug holds the bVII+.

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