G# Dorian

The G# Dorian mode (also written Ab) — G# A# B C# D# E# F# — shown across the guitar neck.

Also written Ab Dorian. Ab and G# are the same pitch — G# is the spelling in common use.

Swipe the neck sideways to see the higher frets.

G# Dorian is the natural minor with one note changed — the 6, E#. That single note is what the mode sounds like; lean on it and the colour is obvious, avoid it and you are just playing minor.

The tool shows this from its parent key, F# major, with G# marked as where Dorian begins, the same seven notes centered on F#.