In music, the Ukrainian Dorian scale (or the Dorian ♯4 scale) is a modified minor scale with raised 4th and 6th, and lowered 7th degrees, often with a variable 4th degree. It has traditionally been common in the music of Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean including Jewish, Greek, Ukrainian, and Romanian music. Because of its widespread use, this scale has been known by a variety of names including Altered Dorian, Hutsul mode and Mi Shebeirach. It is also closely related to the Nikriz pentachord found in Turkish or Arabic maqam systems.
It is one of the two harmonic Dorian scales, the other is the Dorian ♭5 scale.
scale | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
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original Dorian scale | minor triad | minor triad | major triad | major triad | minor triad | diminished triad | major triad |
Dorian ♯4 scale | minor triad | major triad | major triad | diminished triad | major triad | diminished triad | augmented triad |
Dorian ♭5 scale | diminished triad | minor triad | minor triad | major triad | augmented triad | diminished triad | major triad |
scale | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
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original Dorian scale | minor seventh chord | minor seventh chord | major seventh chord | dominant seventh chord | minor seventh chord | half-diminished seventh chord | major seventh chord |
Dorian ♯4 scale | minor seventh chord | dominant seventh chord | major seventh chord | diminished seventh chord | minor major seventh chord | half-diminished seventh chord | augmented major seventh chord |
Dorian ♭5 scale | half-diminished seventh chord | minor seventh chord | minor major seventh chord | dominant seventh chord | augmented major seventh chord | diminished seventh chord | major seventh chord |