"This can give you a Carlos Santana kinda sound if you play licks that sound like him"...
Dude, its a lesson on the Dorian mode and you didn't even demonstrate the notes in the second position which is what that is... You just demonstrated the major scale.
this lesson is cool, but y everyone tries to link this mode to carlos santana?? ive heard many jazz guitar players, and excellent songs in this mode, better than the tipical dorian " replacement" of the minor pentatonic.
I don't understand if it's same notes as G major, when you are soloing and moving all across the fretboard, how would you distinguish the two modes? do you just play the A note more often i don't get it
It's not the melody that defines the mode. It's the harmony. So, don't worry about what notes of the scale to play. Because you can play the same exact melody over an A Dorian progression and then over a G Major progression and you'll get diferent feels.
its what note you start and end on! if you start on g and end on g its ionian(major scale) but if you go to the 2nd note of the scale, which in this case is A, that would be the dorian mode. (starting and ending on a)
You take the second note of a major scale and thats what your start on and emphasize
For example, F# Dorian is an E Major scale starting on an F# instead of an E so I'd emphasize the F# and use that as my root in any riffs I play. If you have a solo in your song it always sounds good to use the F# a lot in your solo or to at least always return to it.
i want to use a dorian ina hard rock manner with out playing notes super fast like ive seen other guitarist, usualy when i play dorian it sounds very smooth and like santana, which is cool when im playing smooth music. but when i play hard rock and stuff i want to beable to use dorian but i just cant seem to get it to sound right
Hey try playing e dorian fused with an e major scale. It means you can use your open e for heaviness while getting a sort of heavy neoclassical sound :D
kind of right but in all fairness you don have to have a emaj chord because it depends if your going with the melodic or harmic scale if its melodic then you are quite likley to see a g natural the g~ isnt compulsory
He is in G. You need an Emaj to have the A minor key. Key is determined by the dominant, not by the first chord in the progression.
Am C D is still the Key of G because D is the 5th or the Dom. If the D in this case of a D- then you'd have a better leg to stand on. But just line a line in geometry it would still require the Emaj to "prove" the Key.
Do not confuse Key with "home" or how a progression "feels".
You are absolutely right. Modes are weird, because they are only different to your ear. On paper they are all just the major scale starting from different point on the neck. Which is the point of this video.
good playin, but if hes playing Am C D then the key is Am- so hes playing an A minor mode (dorian). don't modes sound best when played over the same key? e.g. you would play a C minor mode (dorian, locrian, natural minor or phrygian) over a C minor chord progression. is that right?
not realy, because modes are most simply playing a major scale but starting on a diffrent degree....this also means that you must put emphasis on the note of the degree your are playing over....modes can also sound realy good over a given chord like playing a dorian over Am7
It makes sense that your playing a G Major scale, being that your in the key of G. You know Am - C - D ; they are all chords in G. But if people like to say the word Dorian a lot then thats fine I guess.
I tried it, and it didn't work. I needed to change the dorian key to the chord I was playing over.
aynrandy1 1 year ago
..and the other positions are where? DOH.
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Did I miss the Dorian lesson part or did you get so carried away trying to be Carlos that you forgot about it?
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Salesmen suck.
dirtydonki 1 year ago
Good stuff thank you sir.
malabarspyder 1 year ago
hey bud, awesome vid, one of the best instructionals i've seen yet,
i learned the modes exactly this way, and it took me light years !!
bluelibra65 1 year ago
thank you! great lesson
fahimmurshed 2 years ago
anyone know what program he is using?
fupasack2 2 years ago
So it's the as harmonic minor scale?
Sulcuscentralis 2 years ago
"This can give you a Carlos Santana kinda sound if you play licks that sound like him"...
Dude, its a lesson on the Dorian mode and you didn't even demonstrate the notes in the second position which is what that is... You just demonstrated the major scale.
... Im kinda speechless
phishin4you 2 years ago 2
o different modes sound different? I thought they were all the same interval steps, just starting on different root notes...
ajatkinson2004 2 years ago
this lesson is cool, but y everyone tries to link this mode to carlos santana?? ive heard many jazz guitar players, and excellent songs in this mode, better than the tipical dorian " replacement" of the minor pentatonic.
guitarralaraja 2 years ago
great lessons ;you explain your lessons well thanks
1bulldog998 2 years ago
I don't understand if it's same notes as G major, when you are soloing and moving all across the fretboard, how would you distinguish the two modes? do you just play the A note more often i don't get it
skateracl 2 years ago
It's not the melody that defines the mode. It's the harmony. So, don't worry about what notes of the scale to play. Because you can play the same exact melody over an A Dorian progression and then over a G Major progression and you'll get diferent feels.
MLNobre 2 years ago
its what note you start and end on! if you start on g and end on g its ionian(major scale) but if you go to the 2nd note of the scale, which in this case is A, that would be the dorian mode. (starting and ending on a)
huyiy 2 years ago
bass note = A
pur33z 2 years ago
Guthrie Govan has a good vid on u tube where he explains modes pretty well
ilikezappa 2 years ago
It's emphasis
You take the second note of a major scale and thats what your start on and emphasize
For example, F# Dorian is an E Major scale starting on an F# instead of an E so I'd emphasize the F# and use that as my root in any riffs I play. If you have a solo in your song it always sounds good to use the F# a lot in your solo or to at least always return to it.
crazyguitaristJS 2 years ago
hey guys..I'm just getting confused..what is key chord?
whoosoo 3 years ago
i want to use a dorian ina hard rock manner with out playing notes super fast like ive seen other guitarist, usualy when i play dorian it sounds very smooth and like santana, which is cool when im playing smooth music. but when i play hard rock and stuff i want to beable to use dorian but i just cant seem to get it to sound right
lilfisticuffs 3 years ago
Hey try playing e dorian fused with an e major scale. It means you can use your open e for heaviness while getting a sort of heavy neoclassical sound :D
sebavef 3 years ago
yaeh is good!!! saludos desde veracruz mexico
LUCYBELLMAN 3 years ago
question: why isn't the 4th or 7th positions played...? just trying to learn..
04lbj 4 years ago
kind of right but in all fairness you don have to have a emaj chord because it depends if your going with the melodic or harmic scale if its melodic then you are quite likley to see a g natural the g~ isnt compulsory
oisadick 4 years ago
He is in G. You need an Emaj to have the A minor key. Key is determined by the dominant, not by the first chord in the progression.
Am C D is still the Key of G because D is the 5th or the Dom. If the D in this case of a D- then you'd have a better leg to stand on. But just line a line in geometry it would still require the Emaj to "prove" the Key.
Do not confuse Key with "home" or how a progression "feels".
idm13 4 years ago
He's in G but playing an A Dorian mode - If He was in A he could play B Dorian, if he was in B he could play a C# Dorian mode... Tell me i'm right.
Tris67 4 years ago
You are absolutely right. Modes are weird, because they are only different to your ear. On paper they are all just the major scale starting from different point on the neck. Which is the point of this video.
JStrange13 4 years ago 2
good playin, but if hes playing Am C D then the key is Am- so hes playing an A minor mode (dorian). don't modes sound best when played over the same key? e.g. you would play a C minor mode (dorian, locrian, natural minor or phrygian) over a C minor chord progression. is that right?
William19944991 4 years ago
not realy, because modes are most simply playing a major scale but starting on a diffrent degree....this also means that you must put emphasis on the note of the degree your are playing over....modes can also sound realy good over a given chord like playing a dorian over Am7
lilfisticuffs 3 years ago
the music from Halo is mostly in Dorian mode. Nobuo Uematsu and even the beatles have some great music in dorian mode
tommyk77 4 years ago
am7 the 6th and 7th are a minor 2nd interval so it will not sound good over an a minor it should be am7 that will make it more harmonious
davydusade 4 years ago
I tried to play a A Dorian scale over the Am C D progression, but it sounded awful...
mbtemlett 4 years ago
Six Blade Knife of Dire Straits!
DennisdeLange 5 years ago
It makes sense that your playing a G Major scale, being that your in the key of G. You know Am - C - D ; they are all chords in G. But if people like to say the word Dorian a lot then thats fine I guess.
weakperception 5 years ago
he's not in G.
tommyk77 4 years ago
nice explan
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evilpizza 5 years ago