guitar scale
F♯ Dorian
F♯1G♯2A♭3B4C♯5D♯6E♭7
Minor with a natural sixth. The second mode of the major scale.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♭ Dorian.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
F♯WG♯HAWBWC♯WD♯HEWF♯
What is true of it
F♯ Dorian is F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D♯ and E, and back to F♯.
Its steps are W – H – W – W – W – H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
On the same tonic, F♯ natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 46 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
C♯mminorC♯m7minor seventhD♯dimdiminishedD♯m7♭5half-diminished seventhEmajorEmaj7major seventhF♯mminorF♯m7minor seventh
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.