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

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

Notes: D E F G A B C

Tuning: Open G Guitar (D G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--1---3-----|
B|--0---2---3-|
G|--0---2---3-|
D|--0---2-----|
A|--0---1---3-|
E|--0---1---3-|

CAGED - A Shape

d|--7---9--10-|
B|--7---9--10-|
G|--5---7-----|
D|--4---5---7-|
G|--5---6---8-|
D|--7---9--10-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|--9--10--12-|
B|--9--10--12-|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--7---9--10-|
G|--8--10-----|
D|--9--10--12-|

CAGED - E Shape

d|-12--14--15-|
B|-12--14-----|
G|--9--10--12-|
D|--9--10--12-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-12--14--15-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|--2---3---5-|
B|--2---4---5-|
G|--0---2---3-|
D|--0---2-----|
G|--0---1---3-|
D|--2---3---5-|

3NPS - First Position

d|-12--14--15-|
B|-12--14--16-|
G|-10--12--14-|
D|-10--12--14-|
G|-12--13--15-|
D|-14--15--17-|

Chords

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

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bdim – C

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------9---------------------------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------6---8-------8---5-------------------|------------------------3-----------5---3-----------------------|
G|0-------------------4---7-----------------------7---4-----------|0---------------0---4-----------------------4---0---------------|
D|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|0-------0---3---------------------------------------2---0-------|
G|4-------7---------------------------------------------------9---|4---4-------------------------------------------------------4---|
D|5---9-----------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------5---7---3---------------------------|----------------------------7---9-------------------------------|
B|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|------------------------6-----------8---6-----------------------|
G|2-----------0---2-------------------------------2---------------|4---------------4---7-----------------------7---4---------------|
D|2-------2-------------------------------------------3---2-------|3-------3---7---------------------------------------5---3-------|
G|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|7---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|10--------------------------------------------------------------|9---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------9---10------------------------------|
B|------------------------8-----------10--8-----------------------|
G|5---------------5---9-----------------------9---5---------------|
D|5-------5---9---------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|9---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|
D|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bdim – C

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|
G|----------------7-------9-----------9-------7-------------------|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
D|5-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|----------------3-------5-------7---5-------3-------------------|
G|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|--------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|9---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-------7-------9---7-------5-------------------|
G|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7	D F A C	`10 10 10 10 10 10`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 10 10 10 10 10`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 10 10 10 10 x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x x x 10 10 10`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x x 0 0 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 2 1 2`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 2 1 x`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`7 5 7 5 5 7`
IV	G7	G B D F	`x x 9 7 6 9`
V	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 5 5 5 5`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 5 5 5 5 5`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 5 5 5 5 x`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 5 2 0 5 2`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 7 7 7 6 7`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 7 7 7 6 x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`12 10 12 10 10 12`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 2`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`2 0 2 4 0 2`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 5`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 9 9 9 8 9`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – G7 – Am7 – Bm7b5 – Cmaj7

d|------------------------------------15--------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------13--15------15--12------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|7-------------------10--14----------------------14--10----------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|7-----------10--12--------------------------------------12------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|10------14--------------------------------------------------16--|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|12--15----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------5---7---3---------------------------|9---------------9---12--9-------------------9---------------9---|
B|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|6-------6---10--------------8---6-----------6-------6---10------|
G|2-----------0---2-------------------------------2---------------|7---7-------------------------------7-------7---7---------------|
D|2-------2-------------------------------------------3---2-------|9---------------------------------------9---9-------------------|
G|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------10--------------------------|----------------------------10--12--9---------------------------|
B|----------------------------8---10------10--6-------------------|3-------------------6---10--------------10--6-------------------|
G|2-------------------5---9-----------------------9---5-----------|2-----------5---7-------------------------------7---------------|
D|2-----------5---7---------------------------------------7-------|3-------7-------------------------------------------9---7-------|
G|5-------9---------------------------------------------------10--|7---10------------------------------------------------------10--|
D|7---10----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dm7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – G7 – Am7 – Bm7b5 – Cmaj7

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------10------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------14------16----------16------14------------------|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|12------15----------------------------------------------15------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------6-------8-------10--8-------6-------------------|
G|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|9---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|----------------7-------9-----------9-------7-------------------|
G|----------------9-------10----------10------9-------------------|7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|
D|7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 2 0 2 1 2`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 2 2 2 1 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 2 2 2 1 2`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 2 2 2 1 x`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 0 0 0 0 3`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 0 0 0 3 3`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 0 2 0 3 3`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 0 3 0 0 0`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 0 2 0 3`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 0 2 3 3`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 3 2 0 0`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 3 2 0 3`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 4 0 2 1 0`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 4 0 2 1 3`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 4 3 2 1 0`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 4 0 2 1 x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 0 0 0`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 0 0 2`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 0 0 5`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 4 0 2`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm9 – Em7b9 – G9 – Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|
B|------------------------3-----------5---3-----------------------|--------------------3---------------5---1-----------------------|
G|0---------------0---4-----------------------4---0---------------|4-----------2---4---------------------------2---0---------------|
D|0-------0---3---------------------------------------2---0-------|0---0---3-------------------------------------------2-----------|
G|4---4-------------------------------------------------------4---|4-------------------------------------------------------5---4---|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------9---10------------------------------|
B|------------------------8-----------10--8-----------------------|
G|5---------------5---9-----------------------9---5---------------|
D|5-------5---9---------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|9---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|
D|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dm9 – Em7b9 – G9 – Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------0-------2---0---------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|
G|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|4---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-------7-------9---7-------5-------------------|
G|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

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