G♯ Dorian

G♯1A♯2B♭3C♯4D♯5E♯6F♯♭7

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

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

Written out

Fig. 2 · G# Dorian, ascending

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

G♯WA♯HBWC♯WD♯WE♯HF♯WG♯

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

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

It costs 6 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

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

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 28 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.