The C sharp Dorian is also a mode of the B Major Scale. , but obviously the note names will be different for each mode / key combination. column shows the mode note names. For all modes, the notes names when descending are just the reverse of the ascending names. C# Major C# Minor C# Melodic Minor C# Harmonic Minor C# Major Pentatonic C# Minor Pentatonic C# Blues C# Rock 'n' roll C# Ionian C# Dorian C# Phrygian C# Lydian C# Mixolydian C# Aeolian C# Locrian C# Dorian Bebop C# Mixolydian Bebop C# Gypsy Major C# Gypsy Minor. Note 1 is the tonic note - the starting note - C#, and note 13 is the same note name but one octave higher. The audio files below play every note shown on the piano above, so middle C (marked with an orange line at the bottom) is the 2nd note heard. The 7 unique notes in a mode need to be named such that each letter from A to G is used once only - and so each note name is either a natural white name(A..G) , a sharp(eg. The scale displayed with its numeric formula, intervals and scale degrees. The C-sharp dorian mode starts on note C-sharp. This step shows an octave of notes in the C-sharp dorian mode to identify the start and end notes of the mode. This step shows the ascending C-sharp dorian mode on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. The C sharp Dorian is a seven-note scale, also called C sharp Jazz Minor. This scale is typically played over a minor seventh chord (primarily C#m7 in this case) and is used in styles such as jazz and blues. Colored circles in the diagram mark the notes, with darker color highlighting the root notes. This step applies the C-sharp dorian mode note positions to so that the correct piano keys and note pitches can be identified. In a later step, if sharp or flat notes are used, the exact accidental names will be chosen. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note. In this mode, the 7th note is called the subtonic, and it has a whole tone (two semi-tones, two notes on the piano keyboard) between the 7th and 8th notes. The dorian mode uses the  W-H-W-W-W-H-W  note counting rule to identify the note positions of 7 natural white notes starting from note D. The C-sharp dorian mode re-uses this mode counting pattern, but starts from note C# instead. The rule ensures that every position of a staff is used once and once only - whether that position be a note in a space, or a note on a line. A C# Dorian scale consists of C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A# and B notes. F-sharp) or a flat(eg. The scale is otherwise most related to the C# Natural Minor and C# Melodic Minor scales, … On the treble clef, Middle C is shown with an orange ledger line below the main 5 staff lines. Middle C (midi note 60) is shown with an orange line under the 2nd note on the piano diagram. Since this mode begins with note C#, it is certain that notes 1 and 13 will be used in this mode. This step shows the white and black note names on a piano keyboard so that the note names are familiar for later steps, and to show that the note names start repeating themselves after 12 notes. For example, the C#m7 barre chord with the root on the 6th string within the scale in 9th position. To count up a Whole tone, count up by two physical piano keys, either white or black. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note. It also shows the scale degree chart for all 8 notes. Use notes from the scale in the diagram above. The Solution below shows the C-sharp dorian mode notes on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. For each of the 7 notes, look across and try to find the white note name in the mode note name. This step shows the notes when descending the C-sharp dorian mode, going from the highest note sound back to the starting note. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note. Every white or black key could have a flat(b) or sharp(#) accidental name, depending on how that note is used. © 2020 Copyright Veler Ltd, All Rights Reserved. Applying the rule below ensures that when accidental adjustment symbols are added next to staff notes as part of composing music based on that mode, these accidentals will indicate that the adjusted note is not in that mode. Chords that are related to this scale are the following: The tones in these chords correspond to the tones of the C# Dorian scale (triads have been excluded). C SHARP DORIAN MODE ‘C sharp dorian’ is the 2nd mode of the B major scale.The notes in C# dorian are: C# – D# – E – F# – G# – A# – B. Then list the 7 notes in the mode so far, shown in the next column. One way to learn this scale is to observe the minor 7th chord shapes that it is built around. The 8th note - the octave note, will have the same name as the first note, the tonic note. This step shows the descending C-sharp dorian mode on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. To count up a Half-tone (semitone), count up from the last note up by one physical piano key, either white or black. C-sharp dorian mode. Scale degree names 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 8 below are always the same for all modes (ie. For this mode, all notes have a match, and so the Match? In their simplest / untransposed form, modes do not contain any sharp or flat notes. The Lesson steps then explain how to identify the mode note interval positions, choose note names and scale degree names.. For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at Mode. These can be described as steps on the guitar fingerboard according to the following formula: whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half and whole from the first note to the same in the next octave. The Lesson steps then explain how to identify the mode note interval positions, choose note names and scale degree names. 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