D♯ Dorian

D♯1E♯2F♯♭3G♯4A♯5B♯6C♯♭7

Minor with a natural sixth. The second mode of the major scale.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ Dorian.

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# Dorian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

D♯WE♯HF♯WG♯WA♯WB♯HC♯WD♯

D♯ Dorian is D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B♯ and C♯, and back to D♯.

Its steps are W – H – W – W – W – H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

It costs 7 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

On the same tonic, D♯ natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 29 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.