- Intro
Dorian - Intro
Learn how to play the Dorian mode!Go to Dorian.
- Em shape
Dorian Em shape
Learn how to play the Em shaped Dorian mode!Go to Dorian Em shape.
- Am shape
Dorian Am shape
Learn how to play the Am shaped Dorian mode!Go to Dorian Am shape.
- Dm shape
Dorian Dm shape
Learn how to play the Dm shaped Dorian mode!Go to Dorian Dm shape.
- Gm shape
Dorian Gm shape
Learn how to play the Gm shaped Dorian mode!Go to Dorian Gm shape.
- Cm shape
Dorian Cm shape
Learn how to play the Cm shaped Dorian mode!Go to Dorian Cm shape.
- Connect Shapes
Connect Dorian Shapes
Learn how to Connect all Dorian shapes!Go to Connect Dorian Shapes.
- Cycle Of 4ths
Dorian Cycle Of 4ths
Run the Dorian mode through the Cycle Of 4thsGo to Dorian Cycle Of 4ths.
- Improvisation
Dorian Improvisation
Learn how to improvise with the Dorian mode!Go to Dorian Improvisation.
Learn how to improvise with the Dorian mode!
This improvisation in Am use the Dorian mode.
Can you see the minor pentatonic shapes?
Can you see the 2nd and 6th?
Start by calling the shapes out as you watch the video lesson, then try it yourself.
Aim to really hear the difference the natural 6th makes to the minor pentatonic.
In order to distinguish a natural 6th you have to know what a b6th sounds like, then compare the two.
This would best be achieved by comparing Aeolian to Dorian since the 6th is the only note that differ.
Guru Improvisations
These improvisations do not have any chords behind it, all you can hear is the actual scale.
Compare this to all the other minor modal improvisations:
Make sure you can actually see when I ad the extra notes in each of these improvisations, they are all in Am.
This means that actual notes will vary between being B or Bb and F and F#.
Can you see it?
