Dorian ♭2 scale in B
Dorian ♭2 scale in B: B, C, D, E, F#, G# and A, the degrees 1–b2–b3–4–5–6–b7. 2nd mode of the melodic minor: Dorian with a lowered 2nd, a grooving minor with a shadow right above the tonic.
This is the 2nd mode of the melodic minor — in other words, its notes starting from the second degree. Compared with plain Dorian, the only change is the lowered 2nd, which puts a rub right above the tonic (the home note) without losing the light major 6th. The result is a minor sound with a groove and a shadow close by. In jazz and more sophisticated harmony it is the typical color for m7 chords with a modal flat nine; beyond that, it lives more in study and composition than in everyday repertoire.
Example: B – C – D – E – F# – G# – AFormula: 1 – b2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – b7In the formula, the numbers are degrees — positions counted in the reference major scale; "b" lowers a half step and "#" raises one.
Family: Melodic (jazz) minor and its modes.
The jazz-minor modes are central to jazz and sophisticated harmony. The #2/b3/#5 spelling is functional: enharmonically some notes sound the same, but the notation marks the tension they represent.
Chords in the harmonic field
These are the seven chords born from this scale — one built on each of its notes. Put another way: the set of chords that sounds naturally "inside" the scale. See the harmonic field of every key →
The same scale on all four instruments
In the diagrams, each dot carries its scale degree — 1 is the tonic, highlighted.