Tuning-specific scale diagram
Bb Dorian Scale in Drop D Tuning
Bb Dorian Scale in Drop D Tuning shows the same bb dorian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.
- Scale notes
- BbCDbEbFGAb
- Formula
- 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
- Semitones
- 0 2 3 5 7 9 10
- Parent scale
- Ab major
- Tuning
- D A D G B E
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- D2 to E4
- 24-fret range
- D2 to E6
How this layout changes
The notes are the same pitch classes as the main Bb Dorian Scale page, but they are mapped across 6 strings in drop d tuning.
Use this diagram to compare the Bb root notes against the D low-string range and the remaining strings in this tuning.
Fretboard diagram
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Related diagrams in this tuning
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Related arpeggio diagrams in this tuning
Same scale in other tunings
E Flat Standard Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb D Standard Tuning D G C F A D C Standard Tuning C F Bb Eb G C B Standard Tuning B E A D F# B Drop C# Tuning C# G# C# F# A# D# Drop C Tuning C G C F A D Drop B Tuning B F# B E G# C# DADGAD Tuning D A D G A D Open E Tuning E B E G# B E Open D Tuning D A D F# A D Open G Tuning D G D G B D Open C Tuning C G C G C E Open A Tuning E A E A C# E 7-String Standard Tuning B E A D G B E 7-String Drop A Tuning A E A D G B E 7-String Drop G Tuning G D G C F A D 8-String Standard Tuning F# B E A D G B E 8-String Drop E Tuning E B E A D G B E