How To Play Chord Progressions In The Dorian Mode
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In this video, you learn how to write chord progressions on guitar in the Dorian mode.
Many songs are written in the dorian mode. It is a great sound that is the brighter slightly more optimistic sounding minor mode.
In this lesson, I will break down the dorian mode so you understand it in a general sense.
You will then learn how to write chord progressions using the dorian mode targeting the all important characteristic note that makes the dorian sound what it is.
I then show you some examples of actual songs that use the dorian mode so you can see it in action and discover how common it really is.
The dorian mode is a particular favourite of artists and bands like Carlos Santana, Pink Floyd, and The Beatles to name just a few.
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For the chord progressions discussed and analysed in this video go here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/dorian-chord-progression-guitar
This is a great explanation of how Dorian chord progressions can be constructed and some of the theory behind them. Thanks for the video.
@rosswilkinson1022, you are very welcome! I am glad you liked the lesson and found it helpful :)
One of the clearest explanations of modes I have seen. Thank you!
@Cashstream you are welcome! I am glad my video has helped your understanding of modes :)
Incredibly helpful and easy to follow ! Thank you for sharing !
@Chimp_No_1, you are very welcome! :)
Excellent breakdown of this topic and opens the door into other areas, pedal bass tones, open strings etc. Starting on that D Dorian chord is so important as you stressed to establish the home base root. Great job. Thanks.
@jimmyc5498, you are very welcome! Glad you found the video helpful :)
I found your channel just yesterday, and I've seen a few of your videos on modes. Wonderful stuff! I subscribed immediately. Everything is making much more sense now. Thank you for all of your work.
@meadowlarkfine4646, you are very welcome! Gald my videos have helped you :)
Excellent. The light came on.
Great to hear scooperjs! So happy to hear that :)
Thanks very much, really useful tutorial. I find the concept of modes hard to grasp and this has really helped!
You are very welcome! I am so glad my video has helped your understanding of modes :)
This was the best explanation for understanding moods, modes ,without mind numbing music theory. I have been trying to teach and explain this to my wife who has started to learn acoustic guitar pretty quickly. But when I try to explain what you just taught , I can see her eyes glaze over. Thanks for this from both of us. She's already humming her new songs. ✌️
This is great to hear John! I am so happy this lesson has been useful for both yourself and your wife :)
You are the only person who explains which chords from the key are best to use to get the respective mode sound. Thanks. That D pedal reminds me of a section in Genesis “Supers Ready”. At 12:35-12:45 particular the move to G/D.
Thank you Tom! I'm glad this lesson is helpful to you. I will have to check out the Genesis song you are referring to :)
Thanks for the video, Simon. Just last week, I recorded an E Minor chord progression but changed the 4 chord to A Major and the 2 chord to F# Minor. I was struggling a bit to figure out what to play over each of the chords, trying to change to different scales throughout the changes. And then after watching this video, I now realize that I unwittingly composed a Dorian chord progression and an E Dorian scale is a great place to start for playing a solo over it!
This is great Cris!! Gla the video has helped you understand what you composed :) E Dorian will sound great over your progression. SO would a good old Em pentatonic scale
Thanks Simon - your emphasis on harmony gives me a lot more insight in to modes.
You are welcome Jeff :) That's great to hear :)
Simon - Your teaching always makes sense, and little by little, I'm understanding the modes better. Too bad you're not in KC. I'd definitely be taking lessons from you!! 😊
You are very welcome RW! Glad the mode lessons are helpful to you :)
When you use a Minor Mode, a V chord ( instead of a v ) is made to accommodate a leading tone , to make it have that attraction back to the i chord. That happens naturally in a Major mode.
Does this mean the Dorian Mode slso can have it's v chord
altered to a V in order to produce the same effect ?
What can I play over it ? A harmonic minor scale ?
Thanks for any help.
So I have Am as i chord
D major as IV
And the V is E Major ( not E minor )
@StratsRUs, yes, if you make the v chord in Dorian a V it becomes a melodic minor scale (aka Jazz minor scale). If you make the v chord a V in Aeolian it becomes the Harmonic Minor scale, so you could use the appropriate scales over progressions from these keys if that makes sense.
in your ex ample with Bm7b5/D.. its really just a Dm inversion... there is no B note in the voicing. so the BDF triad is not present.
I see where you are coming from.
You could interpret the chord as Dm, although it wouldn't be an inversion, it would be root position as the open D string is pedalling throughout the progression.
However, you could interpret the chord as a Bm7b5 too.
You don't need the root note in the chord for it to be Bm7b5.
The root note is one of the most non-descriptive tones in the chord.
The B note is also in a B, Bm, Bdim etc, so it is not really the note that makes the m7b5 what it is.
The 3rd and b5th (in this case) are what make it the chord it is (m7b5) both of which are present in the voicing I am using.
Hope that makes sense :)
@@acousticguitarlessons no it doesnt make sense. there is no need to refer to it another way since the notes your playing are the same notes as the first chord...D(pedal) with a DFA (dm) triad. both chords are the same... unnecessary.. but to each there own I guess
@@BlackMath69 chords can have more than one name, we are both correct here :)
In this context I chose to call it Bm7b5/D as I was targeting Characteristic chords of the mode of which this is one.
I do see your point though so I am not in disagreement with you :)
cant wait to see how you interpret relative major/minor and 6th chords
or those pesky G9 chords or rather Bm7b5/G
How come you say the diminished chords in these keys are “half diminished” while other sources say they are simply diminished
@Felipe-pw8xu, it depends on whether you harmonise the 7 chord in the key as a triad, or add the extension.
I just released a video where I explain the difference between diminished and half diminished.
You can check it out here: czcams.com/video/pldKUgrjDKo/video.html
The explanation begins at 12.59 in the video.