Dorian Scale Guitar Lesson

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[loliloliloliable]

my name is dorian

[sjphs]

don't waste time trying to fugure it out, just learn the major and minor scale. you'll be on the same road. i am too a music teacher!

[iasian246]

@loliloliloliable same!

[kc8ntp]

@sjphs Yes, once you learn all the modes, then you can learn the blues easily. However, classical music theory doesn't even talk about linking blues (since the 6 note minor scale wasn't around) and dorian; it's not supposed to work! What I like doing as well is using the dorian and blues over the root chord, but switching to mixolydian over the 4th and 5th in a blues progression and with some songs I will form it into a dominant 7th arpeggio. I have 30-years of music theory experience BTW.

[NOIZYtank]

I accidentally taught myself this scale without knowing it was a Dorian. Woops:0

[superreverbfreak]

YOUR TELLIN ME YOU BUILT A TIME MACHINE....OUT OF A DORIAN??? LOL

[glaxko2]

Dorian is one of David Gilmour favorite scales. Also, Plo Koon, a fictional Keldor jedi master from the old republic era was from Dorion. he did not have scale

[TheUnforgivenGenius]

@calebsj Same's with other modes: Ionian = Root. Dorian = Fifth. Phrygian = Fourth. Lydian = major third. Mixolydian = nat. second. Aeolian = sixth. Locrian = minor seventh. So A Ionian = A maj/F#min, A Dorian = Emin/Gmaj, A Phrygian = Dmin/Fmaj, A Lydian = C#min/Emaj, A mixolydian = Bmin/Dmaj. A aeolian = Fmin/Amaj and A locrian = Gmin/A#maj. Hope u get it :)

[TheUnforgivenGenius]

@calebsj Check your inbox :) Fmaj/Dmin over Am chord progression makes it A Phrygian. Same thing works with every mode. X phrygian = X's fourth note minor scale (in this case A/D). For E Phrygian it would be Amin/Cmaj scale...etc...

[purplegreenredyellow]

why in god's name it this the top hit for 'dorian scale'? how are these things rated, randomly or something?

[TheUnforgivenGenius]

@MrApocalyte I just used minor scales and made relation between mode and the given key in the same way you did with the major..it works as well :) But, if you know major, you know minor..it's all the same (A min = C maj, E min = G maj etc.)

[calebsj]

@TheUnforgivenGenius thanks for that correlation.i know also that in some cases you can use Fmaj/Dmin over Amin chord progressions.how does that relate and are there any other scale shapes that work over Amin(obviously Amin/Cmaj) and if so what is there correlation.then again not every Amin chord progression sounds good with Fmaj/Dmin scale shapes.whats up with that?