Scales
B Dorian #4 Scale
B · C# · D · E# · F# · G# · A
B Dorian #4 is a scale built on B with the notes B · C# · D · E# · F# · G# · A.
B Dorian #4 Scale
B · C# · D · E# · F# · G# · A
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | B · C# · D · E# · F# · G# · A · B | |
| Left hand | 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 | B · C# · D · E# · F# · G# · A · B |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
B Dorian #4 is made of the notes B · C# · D · E# · F# · G# · A. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W H W½ H W H W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of B Dorian #4 gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales B Dorian #4 shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
B Flat Three PentatonicB · C# · D · F# · G#
Every note of this scale is in B Dorian #4.
Scales that contain it
B Composite BluesB · C# · D · D# · E · F · F# · G# · A
Contains every note of B Dorian #4.
B ChromaticB · C · C# · D · D# · E · F · F# · G · G# · A · A#
Contains every note of B Dorian #4.
Common questions
- How do I play B Dorian #4?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of B Dorian #4?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of B Dorian #4 gives Bm (i), C# (II), D (III), E#dim (iv°), F#m (v), G#dim (vi°), Aaug (VII+). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in B Dorian #4?
- B Dorian #4 contains the notes B · C# · D · E# · F# · G# · A, measured from the tonic B as the intervals 1P, 2M, 3m, 4A, 5P, 6M, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of B Dorian #4?
- From B the steps run W H W½ H W H W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.