Guitar scale companion
Learn the Bb Dorian mode on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every Bb Dorian Mode note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
Bb Dorian, A shape: the box around the A-shape Bb chord, taken from the G box of G# Major (Ionian).
A shape tab (0-4) e |----1-----3--4| B |----1--2-----4| G |-0--1-----3---| D |----1-----3---| A |----1-----3--4| E |----1-----3--4|
Bb Dorian, G shape: the box around the G-shape Bb chord, taken from the E box of G# Major (Ionian).
G shape tab (3-7) e |-3--4-----6---| B |----4-----6---| G |-3-----5--6---| D |-3-----5--6---| A |-3--4-----6---| E |-3--4-----6---|
Bb Dorian, E shape: the box around the E-shape Bb chord, taken from the D box of G# Major (Ionian).
E shape tab (5-9) e |----6-----8--9| B |----6-----8--9| G |-5--6-----8---| D |-5--6-----8---| A |----6-----8---| E |----6-----8--9|
Bb Dorian, D shape: the box around the D-shape Bb chord, taken from the C box of G# Major (Ionian).
D shape tab (8-12) e |-8--9----11---| B |-8--9----11---| G |-8----10------| D |-8----10-11---| A |-8----10-11---| E |-8--9----11---|
Bb Dorian, C shape: the box around the C-shape Bb chord, taken from the A box of G# Major (Ionian).
C shape tab (10-14) e |---11----13---| B |---11----13-14| G |10----12-13---| D |10-11----13---| A |10-11----13---| E |---11----13---|