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G♯ dorian #4 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

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

G string: G#, A#, B, C##, D#, E#, F# at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11

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

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

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G# 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:

G♯

i

G♯m
A♯

II

A♯maj
B

bIII

Bmaj
C𝄪

#iv°

C𝄪dim
D♯

v

D♯m
E♯

vi°

E♯dim
F♯

bVII+

F♯aug

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

Same notes, different mode

G# 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.

A# phrygian dominantB lydian #9D ultralocrianD# harmonic minorE# locrian 6F# major augmented

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

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

How to play G♯ dorian #4 on guitar

Nearest root is fret 1 on the G string, with both E strings at fret 4, so the E-shape barre at 4 anchors this key. Capo fret 1 reduces 6 sharps to G shapes, which means the reading problem disappears. Open D and B strings are in the scale. F#aug supplies the bVII+ and C##dim the #iv, so nothing here pulls back to G#m the way a dominant would.

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