Tuning-specific scale diagram

D Dorian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

D Dorian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same d dorian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: D, E, F, G, A, B, C
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 10
Parent scale: C major
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to D Dorian Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low Eb string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the D root at fret 11. On the highest Eb string, the first D is at fret 11.

Fret 1E2

Fret 2Fb3

Fret 4G4

Fret 6A5

Fret 8B6

Fret 9Cb7

Fret 11D1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Dorian Scale on the low Eb string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest D root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the D root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.