Tuning-specific scale diagram
F# Dorian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning
F# Dorian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same f# 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
- F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E
- Formula
- 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
- Semitones
- 0 2 3 5 7 9 10
- Parent scale
- E 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
5 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Dorian Scale: string 6 D# (6), string 5 G# (2), string 4 C# (5), string 3 F# (1), and string 1 D# (6). F# roots occur on open string 3.
String 6D#6
String 5G#2
String 4C#5
String 3F#1
String 1D#6
First root on each string
String 6Fret 3
String 5Fret 10
String 4Fret 5
String 3Open
String 2Fret 8
String 1Fret 3
Low-string pattern
On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, with the F# root at fret 3. On the highest Eb string, the first F# is at fret 3.
OpenD#6
Fret 1Eb7
Fret 3F#1
Fret 5G#2
Fret 6Ab3
Fret 8B4
Fret 10C#5
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play F# Dorian Scale on the low Eb string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets D# on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest F# root and two other scale tones.
- Connect the F# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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Related arpeggio diagrams in this tuning
Same scale in other tunings
D Standard TuningD G C F A DC Standard TuningC F Bb Eb G CB Standard TuningB E A D F# BDrop D TuningD A D G B EDrop C# TuningC# G# C# F# A# D#Drop C TuningC G C F A DDrop B TuningB F# B E G# C#DADGAD TuningD A D G A DOpen E TuningE B E G# B EOpen D TuningD A D F# A DOpen G TuningD G D G B DOpen C TuningC G C G C EOpen A TuningE A E A C# E7-String Standard TuningB E A D G B E7-String Drop A TuningA E A D G B E7-String Drop G TuningG D G C F A D8-String Standard TuningF# B E A D G B E8-String Drop E TuningE B E A D G B E