Piano scale · Modes
C Dorian scale on piano
How to play the C 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 B♭ major, starting from its 2nd note.
- Notes
- CDE♭FGAB♭
- Formula
- 12♭3456♭7
- Steps
- WHWWWHW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handC1D2E♭3F1G2A3B♭4C5
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 C Dorian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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