Guitar UpscaleAeolian + Dorian scale on guitar
This eight note minor scale joins natural minor and Dorian, so it has both the flat 6th and the 6th.
| Notes in A | A B C D E F F# G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 6 b7 |
| Steps | W H W W H H H W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 8 |
| Style in the app | Minor, scale "Aeolian + Dorian" |
Play the A Aeolian + Dorian scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Aeolian + Dorian scale
The notes are root, 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, 5th, flat 6th, 6th and flat 7th.
The 6th gives the bright Dorian colour. The flat 6th brings back the darker natural minor, often as a major chord on the flat 6th.
Many songs switch between the two from one chord to the next. Play the 6th over the IV chord and the flat 6th over the bVI chord.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Aeolian + Dorian scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 2 (B): B Locrian with a Natural Fifth scale
- From degree b3 (C): C Ichikosucho scale
- From degree 4 (D): D Bebop Minor scale
- From degree 5 (E): E Aeolian + Phrygian scale
- From degree b6 (F): F Lydian + b2 scale
- From degree b7 (G): G Bebop Dominant scale
Aeolian + Dorian scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D Eb F G Ab A Bb | Open |
| C# | C# D# E F# G# A A# B | Open |
| D | D E F G A Bb B C | Open |
| Eb | Eb F Gb Ab Bb Cb C Db | Open |
| E | E F# G A B C C# D | Open |
| F | F G Ab Bb C Db D Eb | Open |
| F# | F# G# A B C# D D# E | Open |
| G | G A Bb C D Eb E F | Open |
| G# | G# A# B C# D# E E# F# | Open |
| A | A B C D E F F# G | Open |
| Bb | Bb C Db Eb F Gb G Ab | Open |
| B | B C# D E F# G G# A | Open |