Guitar Scale Logic
D# Dorian Guitar Scale in Drop D
Dorian scale notes, fretboard positions and guitar tabs for Drop D.
Scale Tablature
Position 1
E|------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------1--2--4--| G|---------------------------1--3-----------| D|------------------1--3--4-----------------| A|---------1--3--4--------------------------| D|1--3--4-----------------------------------|
0-4 frets • five-fret position fragment • 14 notes
Theory & Context
Why This Shape Works
The D# Dorian scale uses D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯ and the formula 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7. In Drop D tuning, the open strings run E B G D A D from highest to lowest, so use this map rather than a Standard-tuning shape. Use the map to locate each D# root, then select a five-fret position to see its tablature. The chord suggestions use notes from this scale.
Dorian sounds minor but airy, with a lifted sixth. Try it for funk lines, modal jams and modern fusion phrasing. Drop D lowers the sixth string from E to D. The other five strings stay in Standard tuning, so only the low-string notes move.
Bring out the natural 6th so it does not collapse back into natural minor. In Drop D, check the sixth-string frets before reusing a Standard-tuning pattern.
- D♯
- E♯
- F♯
- G♯
- A♯
- B♯
- C♯
Suggested Chords
Works Well With This Scale
These chords contain notes from the selected scale.
- D♯mminor
- D♯m7minor 7
- D♯sus2sus2
- D♯sus4sus4
- D♯5power
- E♯mminor
- E♯m7minor 7
- E♯sus4sus4
- E♯5power
- F♯major