Piano scale · Modes
D Dorian scale on piano
How to play the D 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 C major, starting from its 2nd note.
- Notes
- DEFGABC
- Formula
- 12♭3456♭7
- Steps
- WHWWWHW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handD1E2F3G1A2B3C4D5
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 D Dorian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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