Dorian Minor Scale Guitar Patterns- D Fretboard Chart

Guitar Lesson Summary & Chart Explanation

D Dorian Minor Scale:

It is in the minor family of chord and scale qualities. A good way to remember it is to think of it as Natural Minor with a 6. Also called Dorian Mode.

The Dorian Minor scale is one of the seven Diatonic Modes. It is usually used on guitar to extend the blues scale, giving us a natural second and natural sixth. It is widely used against dominant blues progressions, songs in Major, songs in minor with a four chord (IV-)that has been made Dominant 7 or Major (IV or IV7), and is present in most funk music.

A good "everybody knows it" example with plenty of guitar would be Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 ("We don't need no education...").

Notes:

D E F G A B C

Scale Degrees:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Alternative Names:

D Dorian Minor Scale
D Dorian Mode