A Dorian Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open D Tuning)

The A Dorian scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A B C D E F# G

Tuning: Open D Guitar (D A D Gb A D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--8--10-----|
B|--7---9--10-|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--7---9-----|
A|--7---8--10-|
E|--7---8--10-|

CAGED - A Shape

d |--2---4---5-|
A |--0---2---3-|
Gb|--0---2-----|
D |--0---1---3-|
A |--2---3---5-|
D |--2---4---5-|

CAGED - G Shape

d |--4---5---7-|
A |--2---3---5-|
Gb|--2---4---5-|
D |--3---5---6-|
A |--5---7-----|
D |--4---5---7-|

CAGED - E Shape

d |--7---9--10-|
A |--5---7-----|
Gb|--4---5---7-|
D |--5---6---8-|
A |--7---9--10-|
D |--7---9--10-|

CAGED - D Shape

d |--9--10--12-|
A |--7---9--10-|
Gb|--7---9--10-|
D |--8--10-----|
A |--9--10--12-|
D |--9--10--12-|

3NPS - First Position

d |--7---9--10-|
A |--5---7---9-|
Gb|--5---7---9-|
D |--6---8--10-|
A |--9--10--12-|
D |--9--10--12-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 3 0 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x 12 10 10 12 10`
I	Am	A C E	`x 12 10 10 12 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x 3 2 3 3 x`
II	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 0 0 2 0`
II	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 0 0 2 x`
II	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 5 2 x`
II	Bm	B D F#	`x 5 4 5 5 x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 1 3 x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 5 6 3 x`
III	C	C E G	`10 10 10 10 10 10`
III	C	C E G	`10 10 10 13 x x`
IV	D	D F# A	`0 0 0 0 0 0`
IV	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 3 5 x`
IV	D	D F# A	`0 0 0 3 x x`
IV	D	D F# A	`x 5 7 8 5 x`
V	Em	E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 5`
V	Em	E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 x`
V	Em	E G B	`x 7 9 10 7 x`
V	Em	E G B	`x 10 9 10 10 x`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`4 0 4 3 3 4`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`4 3 4 0 0 4`
VII	G	G B D	`5 5 5 5 5 5`
VII	G	G B D	`x 10 9 8 10 x`
VII	G	G B D	`5 5 5 8 x x`
VII	G	G B D	`x 10 12 13 10 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am – Bm – C – D – Em – F#dim – G

d |----------------------------5---7---4---------------------------|------------------------4---7---5-------------------------------|
A |--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|2-------------------5---------------7---3-----------------------|
Gb|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|0-----------3---5---------------------------3---1---------------|
D |2-------2-------------------------------------------4---2-------|0---0---4-------------------------------------------2-----------|
A |0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|2-------------------------------------------------------3---2---|
D |10--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------5---------------------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
A |3---------------3---7-------7---3-------------------3-----------|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|
Gb|1-------1---5-----------------------3---1-----------1-------1---|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D |2---2---------------------------------------2-------2---2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
A |3-----------------------------------------------3---3-----------|2-------2---------------------------------------------------3---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------9---12--10------------------------------|------------------------------------9---------------------------|
A |7-------------------10--------------12--9-----------------------|----------------------------9---10------10--7-------------------|
Gb|5-----------8---10--------------------------8---6---------------|1-------------------5---8-----------------------8---5-----------|
D |5---5---9-------------------------------------------7-----------|0-----------4---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |7-------------------------------------------------------9---7---|2-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|5---9-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------10--------------------------|
A |----------------------------10--12------12--9-------------------|
Gb|3-------------------6---10----------------------10--6-----------|
D |2-----------5---7---------------------------------------7-------|
A |3-------7---------------------------------------------------9---|
D |7---10----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am – Bm – C – D – Em – F#dim – G

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|
D |----------------2-------4-----------4-------2-------------------|--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|
A |0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------2-----------------------------------------------2-------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------6-------8---6---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------5-------9---------------------------9-----------5-------|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
A |7---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|5-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
A |----------------7-------9-----------9-------7-------------------|
D |7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7	A C E G	`x 3 2 1 3 x`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 5 4 3 5 x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 5`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 10 9 10 10 x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 10 9 10 x x`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`4 0 4 3 3 4`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`4 3 4 0 0 4`
V	Em7	E G B D	`x 10 9 8 10 x`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 3 2 3 3 x`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`2 3 2 3 x x`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 2 3 3 2`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 2 3 3 x`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 2 0 0 2 0`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 2 0 0 2 x`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 5 4 5 5 x`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 5 4 5 x x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am7 – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – D7 – Em7 – F#m7b5 – Gmaj7

d |------------------------5---------------------------------------|------------------------7---10--9-------------------------------|
A |3---------------3---7-------7---3-------------------3-----------|5-------------------9---------------10--7-----------------------|
Gb|1-------1---5-----------------------3---1-----------1-------1---|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---5---------------|
D |2---2---------------------------------------2-------2---2-------|4---4---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-----------------------------------------------3---3-----------|5-------------------------------------------------------7---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------9---12--10------------------------------|------------------------------------9---------------------------|
A |7-------------------10--------------12--9-----------------------|----------------------------9---10------10--7-------------------|
Gb|5-----------8---10--------------------------8---6---------------|1-------------------5---8-----------------------8---5-----------|
D |5---5---9-------------------------------------------7-----------|0-----------4---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |7-------------------------------------------------------9---7---|2-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|5---9-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------12--------------------------------------|------------------------5---9---7-------------------------------|
A |10--------------10--14------14--10------------------10----------|3-------------------7---------------9---5-----------------------|
Gb|8-------8---12----------------------10--8-----------8-------8---|1-----------5---6---------------------------5---3---------------|
D |9---9---------------------------------------9-------9---9-------|2---2---5-------------------------------------------4-----------|
A |10----------------------------------------------10--10----------|3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------4---7---5-------------------------------|
A |2-------------------5---------------7---3-----------------------|
Gb|0-----------3---5---------------------------3---1---------------|
D |0---0---4-------------------------------------------2-----------|
A |2-------------------------------------------------------3---2---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am7 – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – D7 – Em7 – F#m7b5 – Gmaj7

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|------------------------5-------6---5---------------------------|
D |--------2-----------------------------------------------2-------|--------4-------7---------------------------7-----------4-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------6-------8---6---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------5-------9---------------------------9-----------5-------|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
A |7---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|5-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------8-------10------12--10------8-------------------|------------------------3-------5---3---------------------------|
D |--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|--------2-------5---------------------------5-----------2-------|
A |10--------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|
D |--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|
A |2---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 2 0 3 3 0`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 2 0 3 3 x`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 2 0 3 3 4`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 2 4 3 3 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 1 2 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 1 2 2`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 1 2 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 1 2 x`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`0 0 0 0 3 2`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`0 0 0 3 3 2`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`0 0 2 0 3 0`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`0 0 2 0 3 2`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 0 0 0`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 0 0 4`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 0 0 5`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 0 2 0`

Arpeggios

Chords: Bm7b9 – Cmaj9 – D9 – Gmaj9

d |------------------------4---7---5-------------------------------|------------------------5---------------------------------------|
A |2-------------------5---------------7---3-----------------------|3---------------3---7-------7---3-------------------3-----------|
Gb|0-----------3---5---------------------------3---1---------------|1-------1---5-----------------------3---1-----------1-------1---|
D |0---0---4-------------------------------------------2-----------|2---2---------------------------------------2-------2---2-------|
A |2-------------------------------------------------------3---2---|3-----------------------------------------------3---3-----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------10--------------------------|
A |----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|----------------------------10--12------12--9-------------------|
Gb|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|3-------------------6---10----------------------10--6-----------|
D |2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------5---7---------------------------------------7-------|
A |2-------2---------------------------------------------------3---|3-------7---------------------------------------------------9---|
D |2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|7---10----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Bm7b9 – Cmaj9 – D9 – Gmaj9

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|
D |--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|--------2-----------------------------------------------2-------|
A |2---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
A |----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|----------------7-------9-----------9-------7-------------------|
D |2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|

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