Dorian Mode Guitar Lesson

[JoshuaVergara2777]

love the explanation ^^ uhmm.. was hoping you could do some explanations about outside phrasing too while using the dorian mode.. Cheers!

[wesmatron]

At last. Someone talking clearly about the 'why' to bother using modes...and explains it without all the padding others stuff in there.

[chrisj64]

@wesmatron Thanks man!

[ConCarneBlues]

Sounds like scott henderson ;)

[chrisj64]

@ConCarneBlues I appreciate that more than you can imagine. Scott Henderson was my teacher at MI and later my colleague and I consider him the most talented musician I personally know. But he is a much better player than myself.

[codecougar]

Good stuff. Makes sense ! :)

[NailedSolo]

Killer !!!

[TheMrNotes]

thanks for the explanation

[memstek]

Chris, thanks for taking the time to make these videos. You're a class act.

[knikk77]

Nice guitar! Suhr?

[chrisj64]

Yes, that's right: Suhr

[theaceofspadesjl]

sounds like beck ;)

[rejrockmetal]

Santana's songs are almost all in dorian mode

[Bryughn]

lookin like steve vai ;)

[pinkspider777]

chris sensei! took your lesson about mode last month in tsm! still practicing this approach!

[jsoto635]

Love your guitar picking technique; nice job with explanations, demonstrations, and musicality...

[hotlinklarry]

I got a fair grasp of the theory from other people's videos, then came across your direct and simple approach, to clear up the confusion. Good job, nice pickin'. thanks

[Scientiami]

i think larry lalonde from primus plays alot of dorian,because this reminded me of his style of playing

[rockerresident]

so dorian mode is just like playing the given chord as half note chord?

[EnterJustice]

Modes occur when you use the same set of notes (for instance C D E F G A B C' = C major), but define a different one as the the tonic. This gives a completely different sound to the scale.

In this guy's example, he plays one of the modes of C major, namely D Dorian (consisting of the notes D E F G A B C D'). Same notes, but because the pattern of whole and half steps is different, the scale degrees are different as well (now countaing a b3 and b7 instead of 3 and 7), giving a different sound.

[jsanch22]

Great lesson, and great explanation! Thanks!

[grozengyz]

Great!!!

[swcoburn]

thanx chris for keeping evry thing simple/just ordered your infinite guitar book-cant wait!

[consumer3]

Very clear and useful - thanks!

[kellysamsgtr]

hey chris, love the new videos-- especially this one. brings back old memories haha. btw sweet shades man!

[Paulwall1994]

you're a great instructor and guitarist because you have theory and philosophy about guitar