Des Dorian Scale
The Des Dorian scale contains 7 notes: Des, Es, Fes, Ges, As, B, Ces.
Des Dorian scale on the piano
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What is the Dorian scale?
Dorian is the second mode of the major scale — a minor scale with a raised sixth. That one note is what makes it sound brighter and less mournful than natural minor, and it is why Dorian carries so much folk, modal jazz and rock writing.
Des Dorian uses the same notes as H Duuri, started from degree 2 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Des Dorian is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of Des Dorian
| Sävelaste | Sävel | Intervalli | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | Es | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | Fes | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | Ges | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | As | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | B | M6 | 9 |
| 7 | Ces | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Des Dorian
These are the triads built on each degree of Des Dorian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Des
Every scale type that starts on Des, for comparison.
- D♭ major
- Des Phrygian
- Des Lydian
- Des Mixolydian
- Des Locrian
- Des Harmonic Minor
- Des Melodic Minor
- Des Harmonic Major
- Des Hungarian Minor
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- Des Lydian Dominant
- Des Major Pentatonic
- Des Minor Pentatonic
- Des Blues
- Des Whole Tone
- Des Chromatic
- Des Half-Whole Diminished
- Des Whole-Half Diminished
- Des Bebop Dominant
- Des Bebop Major
Dorian in every key
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What notes are in the Des Dorian scale?
The Des Dorian scale has 7 notes: Des, Es, Fes, Ges, As, B, Ces.
What is the formula for the Des Dorian scale?
The Des Dorian scale follows the step pattern W–H–W–W–W–H–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
What scale is Des Dorian derived from?
Des Dorian is the mode of H Duuri that starts on its 2 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the Des Dorian scale?
The triads built from the Des Dorian scale are Desm, Esm, Fes, Ges, Asm, Bdim, Ces.
