Dorian ♯4 (Ukrainian) scale in D on ukulele
Dorian ♯4 (Ukrainian) scale in D: D, E, F, G#, A, B and C, the degrees 1–2–b3–#4–5–6–b7. The box shown is in open position, from the open strings up to fret 4; the lowest tonic sits on the 3rd string, fret 2, and the hand stays put in the region, with no position shift.
On the ukulele, the high reentrant G reshuffles the pattern — the scale climbs and falls in compact regions. Its soft nylon strings sound warm and mellow, light enough to float gently over a song.
Climb it slowly and name each degree out loud before speeding up.
Text description
Open strings and frets 1 to 4, 4 strings. Root (D): string 3, fret 2.
- String 4 (G): fret 1, G sharp, sharp fourth, finger 1; fret 2, A, fifth, finger 2; fret 4, B, sixth, finger 4
- String 3 (C): open, C, flat seventh; fret 2, D, root, finger 2; fret 4, E, second, finger 4
- String 2 (E): open, E, second; fret 1, F, flat third, finger 1; fret 4, G sharp, sharp fourth, finger 4
- String 1 (A): open, A, fifth; fret 2, B, sixth, finger 2; fret 3, C, flat seventh, finger 3
Read the dots by degree: 1 is the tonic (highlighted); the rest follow the scale's formula.
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