Guitar Scale Logic
B Dorian Guitar Scale in Open G
Dorian scale notes, fretboard positions and guitar tabs for Open G.
Scale Tablature
Position 1
D|---------------------------2--4--| B|---------------------2--3--------| G|------------1--2--4--------------| D|---0--2--4-----------------------| G|4--------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|
Pattern shows scale notes in 0-4 frets for position 1.
Theory & Context
Why This Shape Works
B Dorian in Open G tuning puts the notes B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A under your fingers in a layout that feels minor but airy, with a lifted sixth. Open G stacks a ready-made major chord under your fingers, which changes how the neck breathes and makes partial chords and droning double-stops easier to hear. On this page you can switch between all visible notes or five smaller positions, study a pre-rendered tab pattern for each zone and match the sound against chords that stay inside the scale. Because the interval formula is 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7, every diagram here is generated from exact semitone math instead of guessed text. Start with Position 1 to lock in the tonic, then connect Positions 2 and 3 so you can move into riffs, lead fills and improvised phrases without losing the key center.
Dorian sounds minor but airy, with a lifted sixth and is especially useful for funk lines, modal jams and modern fusion phrasing. Open G feels rootsy, slide-friendly and chord-rich.
Bring out the natural 6th so it does not collapse back into natural minor. In Open G, it is great for rhythm guitar ideas that need instant harmony.
- B
- C#
- D
- E
- F#
- G#
- A
Suggested Chords
Works Well With This Scale
Chord options generated from the same note pool.
- Bmminor
- Bm7minor 7
- Bsus2sus2
- Bsus4sus4
- B5power
- C#mminor
- C#m7minor 7
- C#sus4sus4
- C#5power
- Dmajor