Dorian Scale Lesson - Guitar Scales

[Fl3tch3rb0y]

Ok, I just want to check something, cos we read all this stuff and often already know it but if your not used to the terminology like me, having never studied modes then it can often confuse...He is playing a 'D' pentatonic / dorian, he is flatting the 3rd and the 7th...Essentially then he is building a scale in D which is constructed from the C major 2nd note. Q: So if I play any major scale starting on the 2nd note, I'm actually playing a Dorian scale ?

Thanks in advance

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[Alphabex8]

is this scale possible by blowing into a big brown jug?

[Kins1002]

SEXY GUITAR!!!!

[AlexJuanOrtiz]

simply perfect

[DanielProctor775]

39,000th. and great instructions. Love it love it. Helpin me with my trombone :P

[alexdaman8]

on the second part why does he call it a g dorian at the end when he says its a d minor pentatnic scale? (im only 14 just trying to learn a little)

[2mycat]

@alexdaman8 He says D dorian not G dorian. And it is D dorian completed under the base of the D pentathonic scale.

[spo224]

i have a question if i play a c major scale and move one fret up and played it again would that be considerd a d major scale

[nick5269]

@spo224 actually 2 frets. 1 fret up would be C# major

[1KOOLRIFF]

@nick5269

Correct me if i'm wrong....You see, I play guitar as a main instrument, and I plan on going to Berklee ( Ability isn't my issue, I just need to learn my theory)...anyway, on Piano major scales all look different...however, on a guitar if i were to play an F major scale's shape...To play an F# Major scale, I stay in the same shape and move to an F#, correct? I know about tetrachords, so I THINK i'm right, I'm just not positive.

Sorry for such a long question =P

[davethedm]

@1KOOLRIFF You could have saved a lot of time had you just asked the goddamn question.

[cruelzeppelin666]

@spo224 For future reference, the musical alphabet is:

A, A#(Bb), B, C, C#(Db), D, D#(Eb), E, F, F#(Gb), G, G#(Ab), and back to A. It's also important to remember that BC and EF have no sharps or flats between them.

[cmc47834]

@cruelzeppelin666 You know your notes =] lol

So the A Dorian is ( A B C D E (Gb) or F# and G right? I read that its that in a magazine but I dont trust them sometimes lol

[hadalor]

perfecto, man. Good. I like it.

[ooxamon]

constructive criticism:

try and sound like you want to make a good instructional video.

[yurzappa]

His ain't bad, where is your's?

[sticey69]

dorian and pentatonic is the best it sounds good fir blues and all the good stuff!!!

[SHAWNMCDUFFIE]

what bout bluse scale

[JackpotProductions07]

Thats a pentatonic scale with minor passing notes

[kcmet79]

@sticey69 blues and dorian = kirk hammett 1991-present. lol. admit tho they are some of my faves to play.

[Synclovier]

do you always flat the 3rd and 7s or only in the case of D major because it has two sharps?

[guitarman46464646]

i'm pretty sure you flat the 3rd and 7th for the dorian mode no matter what key ur in because i'm looking at a paper i have right now that is showing me the G dorian and it has the 3rd and 7th flat. so i'm pretty sure u do it no matter what key ur in

[ericsoto]

yes, you flat the 3rd and 7th scale degrees in any key to get dorian...or you can just think of it as a minor scale with a major 6th.

[99ZARDOZ]

nice video. I love improvising using the Dorian to me its how jazz should sound...

[PageandPlant4Life]

Do I spy a photo of Django Reinhardt in the backround?

[jakepatrix]

well that pt me off dorians

[xela1024]

thx men

[tickmann]

Very nice! Clear, and instructive. Thank you

[aratus]

Cool, easy to follow lesson. I rely too much on the minor pentatonic. Throwing in the 2nd and 6th will add some color and they are easy enough to add by the looks of it. Thanks!

[chimereanscape]

Thank you soo much :)