Guitar scale companion
Learn the C# Dorian mode on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every C# 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.
C# Dorian, C shape: the box around the C-shape C# chord, taken from the A box of B Major (Ionian).
C shape tab (1-5) e |----2-----4---| B |----2-----4--5| G |-1-----3--4---| D |-1--2-----4---| A |-1--2-----4---| E |----2-----4---|
C# Dorian, A shape: the box around the A-shape C# chord, taken from the G box of B Major (Ionian).
A shape tab (3-7) e |----4-----6--7| B |----4--5-----7| G |-3--4-----6---| D |----4-----6---| A |----4-----6--7| E |----4-----6--7|
C# Dorian, G shape: the box around the G-shape C# chord, taken from the E box of B Major (Ionian).
G shape tab (6-10) e |-6--7-----9---| B |----7-----9---| G |-6-----8--9---| D |-6-----8--9---| A |-6--7-----9---| E |-6--7-----9---|
C# Dorian, E shape: the box around the E-shape C# chord, taken from the D box of B Major (Ionian).
E shape tab (8-12) e |----9----11-12| B |----9----11-12| G |-8--9----11---| D |-8--9----11---| A |----9----11---| E |----9----11-12|
C# Dorian, D shape: the box around the D-shape C# chord, taken from the C box of B Major (Ionian).
D shape tab (11-15) e |11-12----14---| B |11-12----14---| G |11----13------| D |11----13-14---| A |11----13-14---| E |11-12----14---|