Also F# Major (Ionian), B♭ Phrygian
A♭ Dorian: A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G♭. Formula 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7. Same notes as F# Major (Ionian), B♭ Phrygian, B Lydian. A minor mode with a raised 6th, darker than major yet brighter than natural minor: the sound of modal jazz, funk and Latin rock.
Made of7
Contains & part of14
Relatives31
Same notes, other names6
Type1
One note away17
Progressions it is played over3
Genres that use it4
Cadences6
Cadences of A♭ Dorian
In F# major, the key A♭ Dorian belongs to
Progressions11
Progressions on A♭ Dorian
In F# major, the key A♭ Dorian belongs to
- Pop axisF#ID♭VE♭mviBIV
- Sensitive progressionE♭mviBIVF#ID♭V
- Doo-wop progressionF#IE♭mviBIVD♭V
- Three-chord songF#IBIVD♭VF#I
- Jazz turnaroundG♭maj7Imaj7E♭m7vi7G#m7ii7D♭7V7
- Canon progressionF#ID♭VE♭mviB♭miiiBIVF#IBIVD♭V
- 12-bar bluesF#7I7F#7I7F#7I7F#7I7B7IV7B7IV7F#7I7F#7I7D♭7V7B7IV7F#7I7D♭7V7
- Mixolydian vampF#IE♭VIIBIVF#I
- Minor plagalBIVBmivF#I