Also A♭ Major (Ionian), C Phrygian
B♭ Dorian: B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G A♭. Formula 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7. Same notes as A♭ Major (Ionian), C Phrygian, D♭ 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 B♭ Dorian
In A♭ major, the key B♭ Dorian belongs to
Progressions11
Progressions on B♭ Dorian
In A♭ major, the key B♭ Dorian belongs to
- Pop axisA♭IE♭VFmviD♭IV
- Sensitive progressionFmviD♭IVA♭IE♭V
- Doo-wop progressionA♭IFmviD♭IVE♭V
- Three-chord songA♭ID♭IVE♭VA♭I
- Jazz turnaroundA♭maj7Imaj7Fm7vi7B♭m7ii7E♭7V7
- Canon progressionA♭IE♭VFmviCmiiiD♭IVA♭ID♭IVE♭V
- 12-bar bluesA♭7I7A♭7I7A♭7I7A♭7I7D♭7IV7D♭7IV7A♭7I7A♭7I7E♭7V7D♭7IV7A♭7I7E♭7V7
- Mixolydian vampA♭IF#♭VIID♭IVA♭I
- Minor plagalD♭IVC#mivA♭I