D dorian mode on guitar
D E F G A B C (1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7)
Minor with a natural 6th: the major-IV minor sound (Oye Como Va, Get Lucky). Same notes as the major scale a whole step down.
The whole neck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 E A D G B e E F G A B C D E F G A A B C D E F G A B C D D E F G A B C D E F G G A B C D E F G A B C B C D E F G A B C D E E F G A B C D E F G A
Low E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard
The 5 CAGED positions
Positions: the five CAGED shapes, each built around a pentatonic box with the other two notes slotted in. One finger per fret, with the odd stretch. Each one shares its edge notes with the next. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.
Position 1 (frets 10–14)
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 2 6 2 6 2
Position 2 (frets 0–4)
1 2 3 4 5 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 6 2 6 2 2
Position 3 (frets 2–7)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 E A D G B e 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 6 2 6 2 6
Position 4 (frets 5–9)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 E A D G B e 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 6 2 6 2 6
Position 5 (frets 7–10)
6 7 8 9 10 11 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 2 6 2 6 6
Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard .