3 Ways To Play And Create Music Using The Dorian Mode

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In this video, you learn how to play the dorian mode on guitar.

Modes are notorious for being hard to understand.

In this lesson, I’ll make it simple by breaking down the dorian mode in great detail showing you several ways you can go about playing it on your guitar to create great sounding music.

First, you learn the easiest way to access the dorian mode on guitar.

This is on a single string and helps you understand the mode before looking at other ways to play it.

Once you have this down, you then learn to play the Dorian Scale in the following ways:

- The derivative method. This is when you relate the mode to its parent sale. It’s kind of a “back door” entrance into the mode

- As a pentatonic scale with added notes. This is super cool for integrating all your pentatonic blues and rock licks. Think Pink Floyd and Santana

- Via triad shapes. This produces a very melodic sound and is one of my favourite ways to access modes on guitar

You also learn the importance of the chord progression when it comes to determining the mode you are actually playing, and how to know when you are actually playing in the dorian mode.

The chords are so often overlooked and are one of the main reasons why people struggle so much with modes.


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