D Dorian #4 Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Drop B tuning — fretboard diagram
D Dorian #4 in Drop B — Notes and Intervals
The D Dorian #4 scale, known in Eastern Europe as the Ukrainian Dorian or Misheberak, has a deeply soulful, crying quality. On Guitar, the notes are D, E, F, G#, A, B, C. It is a pillar of Jewish Klezmer music and traditional Balkan folk songs. Commonly used in Klezmer, Balkan Folk, Metal, Film Scores. Notable players include Itzhak Perlman, Bregovic, System of a Down. Use over m7 chords in Klezmer and Balkan contexts. The #4 adds the exotic 'weeping' quality that defines these traditions.
Notes: D, E, F, G#, A, B, C
Intervals: 1P, 2M, 3m, 4A, 5P, 6M, 7m
Degrees: 1 2 b3 #4 5 6 b7
Formula: W-H-WH-H-W-H-W
Number of notes: 7
Tuning: Drop B (C#-G#-E-B-F#-B)
Also known as: ukrainian dorian, romanian minor, altered dorian
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- D Dorian #4 in Standard Tuning
- D Dorian #4 in Drop D
- D Dorian #4 in DADGAD
- D Dorian #4 in Open G
- D Dorian #4 in Baritone (B Standard)
- D Dorian #4 in 7-string
- D Dorian #4 in 8-string
- D Dorian #4 in Drop C
- D Dorian #4 in Open D
- D Dorian #4 in Half Step Down
- D Dorian #4 in Open E
- D Dorian #4 in Open A
- D Dorian #4 in Double Drop D
- D Dorian #4 in Open C