F♯ Dorian Scale

F♯ dorian

Notes

F♯ · G♯ · A · B · C♯ · D♯ · E

Intervals

  • RootF♯ (1P)
  • Major 2ndG♯ (2M)
  • Minor 3rdA (3m)
  • Perfect 4thB (4P)
  • Perfect 5thC♯ (5P)
  • Major 6thD♯ (6M)
  • Minor 7thE (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EBC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABG♯ABC♯D♯EF♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯AEF♯G♯ABC♯D♯E
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Modal character

F♯ Dorian is the 2nd mode of E Major — the same seven notes started from its 2nd degree.

1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7

Characteristic note — natural 6th (♮6). The natural 6th is what separates Dorian from the natural minor scale, lending a brighter, jazzier color to an otherwise minor sound.

Dorian lives over minor 7th chords (m7, m9, m11) and especially m6 and m13, where the natural 6th is a chord tone. It is the go-to sound for minor-key vamps and modal grooves, and the mode of the ii chord in a major ii–V–I.

Chords that use this mode

3-Notes-Per-String positions

Seven movable patterns, each covering all 6 strings with 3 consecutive scale tones per string. Root notes are shown in red.

All 7 patterns
Pattern 1open · frets 0–5
EBGDAE35EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯A
Pattern 2frets 2–7
EBGDAE357F♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯AB
Pattern 3frets 4–9
EBGDAE579G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯
Pattern 4frets 5–11
EBGDAE57912ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯
Pattern 5frets 7–12
EBGDAE791213BC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯E
Pattern 6frets 9–14
EBGDAE912131415C♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯
Pattern 7frets 11–16
EBGDAE121314151617D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯EF♯G♯

Quartal voicings

Stacked perfect 4ths across four adjacent strings, sorted nut to heel. Root notes are circled in red.

All voicings
EBGDAE35F♯BEA
F# root
EBGDAE57C♯F♯BE
C# root
EBGDAE3D♯G♯C♯F♯
D# root
EBGDAE57G♯C♯F♯B
G# root
EBGDAE79D♯G♯C♯F♯
D# root
EBGDAE57F♯BEA
F# root
EBGDAE912C♯F♯BE
C# root
EBGDAE912F♯BEA
F# root
EBGDAE79G♯C♯F♯B
G# root
EBGDAE121314D♯G♯C♯F♯
D# root
EBGDAE121314G♯C♯F♯B
G# root
EBGDAE121314C♯F♯BE
C# root

Diagrams

F# Dorian Scale fretboard charts — tap any diagram to open it full size to save or print.

F# Dorian Scale — notes F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
F# Dorian Scale — seven 3-notes-per-string positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Seven 3NPS positions
F# Dorian Scale — quartal voicings shown as chord-box diagrams for all four roots.
Quartal voicings — 3 string sets, sorted nut to heel