Piano scale · Modes
A♭ Dorian scale on piano
How to play the A♭ Dorian scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
Minor with a brighter raised 6th — funk, jazz and Santana.
Mode 2 of the major scale: the same notes as G♭ major, starting from its 2nd note.
- Notes
- A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭
- Formula
- 12♭3456♭7
- Steps
- WHWWWHW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handA♭2B♭3C♭1D♭2E♭3F1G♭2A♭3
Where the finger numbers restart, tuck your thumb under so you never run out of fingers. Coming back down, use the same fingers in reverse. Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky.
Chords in the A♭ Dorian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
♭III
C♭
C♭maj7
C♭ E♭ G♭
Sounds great over
