The Dorian Mode | Why Everyone Loves This Mode

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  • In this episode I discuss in detail how to use the DORIAN MODE or Scale for composition (Film Scoring) or in improvisation on the Guitar, Piano or any instrument. I talk about the unique qualities of the DORIAN mode's Natural 6th and WHY EVERYONE LOVES THIS SOUND.
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  • @hollowthere3850
    @hollowthere3850 Před 3 lety +241

    Dorian is the glimpse of hope after a tragedy.

    • @digletttexano678
      @digletttexano678 Před 2 lety +2

      Exactly

    • @flanderstruck3751
      @flanderstruck3751 Před rokem

      Nope. That's lydian

    • @byronrobbins8834
      @byronrobbins8834 Před rokem

      @@digletttexano678 the Dorian mode, with the Christmassy 6th note, will help give a whimsical sounding feel, which would have otherwise had a Lenten sounding feel.

    • @byronrobbins8834
      @byronrobbins8834 Před rokem

      @@flanderstruck3751 Lydian mode will be sorted Major sound, with a more Christmassy 4th note.

    • @aWildJersh
      @aWildJersh Před rokem

      that's beautiful

  • @DorianStretton
    @DorianStretton Před 4 lety +896

    Dorian is without any doubt whatsoever the best of all modes! I may be somewhat biased.

  • @tomaszmikinka8681
    @tomaszmikinka8681 Před 4 lety +661

    Rick: singing in the shower
    Sony: triggered

  • @tranceemerson8325
    @tranceemerson8325 Před 4 lety +325

    Beato: *could play Dorian in C major but plays in B major like a boss.*

  • @Pawel.Kieler
    @Pawel.Kieler Před 4 lety +515

    She: I like brave guys...
    Rick: I use The Beatles' songs in my videos.

  • @avielkharrat5788
    @avielkharrat5788 Před 4 lety +135

    The amasing thing about Dorian is that, although it is minor, it is not "dark". It carries some melancoly, but i'd rather say it's full of mystery and promesses.

    • @StarQueenEstrella
      @StarQueenEstrella Před 2 lety +6

      The way I think of it, Dorian evokes a sense of melancholy, of forlornness. That something you want is just beyond your reach but you can’t grasp it.

    • @Equinox1.5
      @Equinox1.5 Před 2 lety +2

      I have to agree. It's minor but it offers hope of resolution ... sometime in the future.

    • @byronrobbins8834
      @byronrobbins8834 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@thebeamerdreamerwe all tend to enjoy the key of E Dorian, as defined by the C# note.

  • @user-is9mq1ub3n
    @user-is9mq1ub3n Před 4 lety +11

    The emotion conveyed by dorian is awe.

  • @lughlongarm76
    @lughlongarm76 Před 4 lety +14

    The Force Theme by John Williams deserves mention, I think it needs to be said.
    It’s another example of modulating from Dorian to Aeolian. It’s of the most powerful uses of that composition technique I can think of.

  • @vinniesmyyth334
    @vinniesmyyth334 Před 4 lety +125

    Thank you for making these videos rick, especially with the poor monetization situation. We're lucky to have such a large amount of free quality content regularly. From everyone, Thanks Rick!

    • @markcoren2842
      @markcoren2842 Před 4 lety +3

      We can also help with that bad monetization by joining the Beato Club and buying his Beato Book (which I HIGHLY recommend) and his merch. I've been really impressed with all three so far. The book has been my daily companion for over a year now. I'm definitely in student mode when I hear him start talking.

    • @vinniesmyyth334
      @vinniesmyyth334 Před 4 lety

      @@markcoren2842 I currently can't afford to spend so much money on the Beato Book however it is something I'm sure I want to get my hands on. Rick could cover anything

    • @martinkulik9466
      @martinkulik9466 Před 2 lety

      Why poor monetization

  • @danielmcewen6429
    @danielmcewen6429 Před 4 lety +148

    B Dorian sounds like the whole Halo soundtrack, especially with the string sound.

    • @c0il462
      @c0il462 Před 4 lety +22

      I had the exact same thought. When Rick loaded up the strings patch, I immediately went "This is Halo!"

    • @TheBigDean18
      @TheBigDean18 Před 4 lety +13

      Same same same, absolutely love the Halo Soundtrack

    • @gramursowanfaborden5820
      @gramursowanfaborden5820 Před 4 lety +6

      yep when i heard those strings i immediately started humming Roll Call and started looking for Halo comments.

    • @gramursowanfaborden5820
      @gramursowanfaborden5820 Před 4 lety +13

      the piece Rick composed sounds like it came straight out of ODST as well.

    • @daveh7720
      @daveh7720 Před 4 lety +13

      I saw a video clip of an interview with Martin O'Donnell (composed much of the music in Halo over the years) and he was talking about the music for the upcoming Halo 3. He said, "I don't want to give away too much but I will say this: E, Dorian!"
      Dorian always sounded hopeful to me. Gotta love it.

  • @georgew.morrowiii118
    @georgew.morrowiii118 Před 4 lety +58

    Your Dorian composition piece had an airy atmospheric feel that the visuals really complemented. Phrygian has always been a favorite mine... Thanks

  • @IWinsomeIllosesomeI
    @IWinsomeIllosesomeI Před 4 lety +181

    It’s strange how I love watching all these Videos and i don’t have a single clue about ANYTHING he’s saying. I don’t even know chords.

    • @GZUS316
      @GZUS316 Před 4 lety +5

      Word

    • @danatorres1035
      @danatorres1035 Před 4 lety +1

      Neither do I. I sing but unfortunately don't play instruments. 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

    • @signorpaldoni
      @signorpaldoni Před 4 lety +1

      same here man! It fascinates me but for what concerns me i know i don t have the brain to ever learn any of this.. still it really makes me feel good

    • @tonyvoxu2
      @tonyvoxu2 Před 4 lety +1

      Same here (Well largely). It will seep in by osmosis. 😉

    • @Slinkygal
      @Slinkygal Před 4 lety +1

      I know just what you're talking about.

  • @bartjelories
    @bartjelories Před 4 lety +141

    The I'm sad but its getting better mode. Loved that composed piece! Tnx.

    • @Artek604
      @Artek604 Před 4 lety +2

      That's quite right, actually :)

    • @bartjelories
      @bartjelories Před 4 lety

      @@dougcrane8031 absolutely.

    • @bartjelories
      @bartjelories Před 4 lety +2

      @debaser I like all modes, they all have their soul.

    • @mrbassslap8930
      @mrbassslap8930 Před 3 lety

      Nice point, good one! ;)

    • @kosmosyche
      @kosmosyche Před 3 lety +5

      I'd say it's not really sad, it's more like sweet melancholy mode. No real drama, no bad feelings, for example, you just remembered some happy moments from your childhood and you smile but at the same time realize that your childhood is long gone. So it's a sweet memory, but it kinda sets your mind into the Dorian mode, thinking about how time flows and maybe where your childhood friends are now and so on.

  • @useyourbrain2174
    @useyourbrain2174 Před 4 lety +111

    You should produce film music. It would fit perfectly: no tours, no promotion. Just beautiful music.

  • @richardodzgan7560
    @richardodzgan7560 Před 4 lety +79

    The beginning triggered all of these Thomas Newman flashbacks like Shawshank or Road to Perdition.

    • @Pedozzi
      @Pedozzi Před 4 lety +1

      you mean shawshank redemption or road to perdition

    • @wongsanggar
      @wongsanggar Před 4 lety

      LOL i just think red dead redemption

    • @jeremydonah5442
      @jeremydonah5442 Před 4 lety +7

      Sounded a bit like the theme from American Beauty.

    • @mvunit3
      @mvunit3 Před 4 lety

      2 of my faves that I was thinking (and commented) as well :). "Road to Chicago" . . . sublime.

    • @richardodzgan7560
      @richardodzgan7560 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Pedozzi yeah Perdition is what i meant :D

  • @Timliu92
    @Timliu92 Před 3 lety +13

    I always consider the Dorian mode as 'the Santana scale'. In tunes like Oye Como Va and Soul Sacrifice, Santana plays in A Dorian, so everytime I want to remember how the mode feels like, I always remember those 2 songs.

  • @sfilipee
    @sfilipee Před 4 lety +222

    Fun fact: I used to think of the Dorian Mode as "the Prince scale", because it was learning Prince's solos and guitar work in general that I learned it. Only years later I found out it was called the Dorian Mode. Now that I think about it, really wish you would do a video on Prince'. It's hard because he would save most of his guitar playing for his live shows, so you had to be familiar with it.

    • @christianmalinao
      @christianmalinao Před 4 lety +7

      Santana

    • @JAYDUBYAH29
      @JAYDUBYAH29 Před 4 lety +5

      Santana

    • @garanceadrosehn9691
      @garanceadrosehn9691 Před 4 lety +19

      Sadly, Prince's estate is a very aggressive blocker. Give it another 5-10 years, and no one will remember Prince's music.

    • @sfilipee
      @sfilipee Před 4 lety +6

      Garance A Drosehn That's true, but I think the last couple of years they let it go a bit, other than things that they want to put in reissues and stuff. You can find a lot of live material on CZcams, which was not the case a few years ago.

    • @npc2071
      @npc2071 Před 4 lety +2

      Any Prince video would be instablocked

  • @Jekylnhyde55
    @Jekylnhyde55 Před 4 lety +22

    "Twilight Zone" by Rush; Dorian (chorus) & Aeolian (verse) mix example

  • @slavophiliak44
    @slavophiliak44 Před 3 lety +5

    1:36-1:57
    Very beautiful. Also, every modern theatrical musical score ever

  • @metashrew
    @metashrew Před 4 lety +117

    Dorian is the Lydian of the minor scales. That's what it feels like to me.

    • @carbonmonoxide5052
      @carbonmonoxide5052 Před 4 lety +20

      Metashrew interesting way of thinking about it. I tend to associate the standard modes by their distance from the center. Dorian corresponds to mixolydian, minor to major, and Phrygian to Lydian. Minor and major are the clean modes (no tritones with any of the notes of their 1 chords), Dorian and mixolydian both have tritones based on the third, and as such are less stable but as long as they 1 chords are emphasized, they work. They can both sound a gritty due to the dissonance. Phrygian and Lydian both have more dissonance, tritones with the 5 and 1 respectively. As such, Lydian has a dim 4 chord, and Phrygian a dim 5 chord. Both require a lot of finessing to get chord progressions to sound natural and stable.
      Edit: Locrian is its own (beautiful) can of worms and doesn’t have a mode that corresponds to it.

    • @david_djent
      @david_djent Před 4 lety +7

      I would say mixolydian but I feel you

    • @Danmashinigamikuro
      @Danmashinigamikuro Před 3 lety +5

      ​@@goreevisuals That's almost it, you mean "relative" instead of "parallel". The relative major of a minor mode is on its third degree. Thus, Lydian is the relative major of Dorian the same way Ionian is the relative major of Aeolian. And in the same way, Mixolydian is the relative major of Phrygian. Interestingly, if we consider Locrian to be "minor" (which it isn't), then its "relative major" turns out to be Dorian, and if we consider it to be "major" (which it isn't), then its "relative minor" scale is Mixolydian.
      There is a central relationship between Dorian and Mixolydian - both modes share the same note save for the third. In that sense, you could say that Mixolydian is a sort of "parallel major" of Dorian, and vice versa. In fact, both modes can be used alternatingly in composition (and even in improvisation - check out the Dorian Bebop scale) with great effectiveness.
      This central division is further exacerbated if you divide the modes into major and minor (keep in mind that Locrian is not minor), which are central points in harmony. You can then rank your modes by brightness - from brightest to darkest, omitting Locrian: Lydian, Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Phrygian.
      As you can see, and was explained in further detail by Carbon Monoxide, too much brightness can be difficult to use, and so is too much darkness - both Lydian and Phrygian have a lot of dissonance, whereas Dorian and Mixolydian are more balanced and therefore less dissonant.
      So in summary, it all depends on the way you see it, but yes, the idea is that you get the same amount of added brightness when modulating to Dorian from Aeolian as you do when modulating to Lydian from Ionian (and the same goes for darkness with Phrygian and Mixolydian). However, this happens only when modulating, when you have established a harmonic center - major or minor. Otherwise (when writing purely in a specific mode), you should refer to the perspective that was put forth by Carbon Monoxide.

    • @ENTP247
      @ENTP247 Před 3 lety +1

      Nailed it bro!!

    • @georgesoden
      @georgesoden Před 2 lety

      I think the people saying Dorian is the Mixolydian of minor scales are making theoretical links that aren’t actually there.
      I think your instinctive thought (based on the feeling of the sounds) that Dorian and Lydian are intertwined is a lot more true. I agree at least.
      Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the notes that define the sound of Lydian and Dorian are the #4 and natural 6th, respectively, and these are actually the same note in a particular key (thinking modally).
      As an example, D Dorian and F Lydian are the same set of notes and they both have B as their characteristic note.

  • @j.s.2419
    @j.s.2419 Před 4 lety +73

    Pink Floyd Breathe is largely in E Dorian with it's Emadd9 to A progression. What's more interesting though is the way they break out of the mode and work back into it.

    • @harrysouter2304
      @harrysouter2304 Před 4 lety +14

      that’s another dorian- aeolian example

    • @Andrew_M_Ward
      @Andrew_M_Ward Před 4 lety +9

      @@harrysouter2304 / Bingo !!! perhaps the single greatest example in rock

    • @j.s.2419
      @j.s.2419 Před 4 lety +4

      @@harrysouter2304 Partially yes, but they also throw an F major 7 in there along with a D7#9 and D7b9 that leads back into Em.

    • @useyourbrain2174
      @useyourbrain2174 Před 4 lety +3

      I love that song.

    • @dylanjwebmusic
      @dylanjwebmusic Před 4 lety +13

      @@j.s.2419 Most likely Rick Wright was the only one in the band who actually knew the theory behind those chords

  • @noahkarnafel7463
    @noahkarnafel7463 Před 4 lety +167

    A very popular Dorian tune is Oye Como Va by Santana

    • @aradder
      @aradder Před 4 lety +35

      *stares in Tito Puente*

    • @breakfast2093
      @breakfast2093 Před 4 lety +32

      Or any Santana song

    • @noahkarnafel7463
      @noahkarnafel7463 Před 4 lety +4

      aradder lmao

    • @raysaade
      @raysaade Před 4 lety +2

      @@aradder HAHAH

    • @renleblanc2993
      @renleblanc2993 Před 4 lety +2

      This was really a much more obvious choice and is by far the most well known tune to really hammer home dorian . I feel like his pop rock examples weren't really helpful - still a great video though and love his compositions.

  • @Parivadi_dasa
    @Parivadi_dasa Před 3 lety +4

    The Rain Song from LZ is dorian too, my favorite dorian song ever composed.

  • @fogdog165
    @fogdog165 Před 4 lety +39

    I hear Dorian and its major counterpart Lydian as "foolproof" in that there are no bad sounding note clusters to be found in them. Indeed the entire mode can be present as a fully extended chord without any of those pesky tensions begging to be resolved or avoided which are present in every other mode. An argument can be made that unlike the other modes the extensions don't conflict with the primary chord tones so there's nothing to avoid. Another way to think of it is that Dorian and Lydian are "stable" i.e. one can camp out indefinitely in either as is pretty much the case with So What, Impressions, and many others. Nicely done Rick.

    • @ohwhen7775
      @ohwhen7775 Před 4 lety +1

      It would make sense since so many jazz folk end tunes on Dorian or m6 type chords which can often tend to sound like inversions of Lydian.

    • @costalongajp
      @costalongajp Před 4 lety

      There is somethings to avoid to keep the way it sounds, not that it wilol sound bad. If you throw an C+E major thrird 3 on F lydian you will be on the edge to sound like an ordinary C Ionian thing.

    • @fogdog165
      @fogdog165 Před 4 lety

      @@ohwhen7775 Good point. Also, that m6 II chord is also nearly identical to the V9 in the same key so it combines dominant Mixo and ethereal Lydian flavors along with the primary minor quality. Nice place to land.

    • @XENOGOD
      @XENOGOD Před 4 lety

      actually you can turn the mixolydian scale into a 13 chord, which sounds pretty stable too

    • @fogdog165
      @fogdog165 Před 4 lety +1

      @@XENOGOD True but the Mixo mix contains a 4 which if added to the chord would make it less stable, suggesting a subsequent resolution, likewise if the 4 replaces the 3. Again, all the modes except Dorian and Lydian have conflicting elements built in. Not that there's anything wrong with conflict ;)

  • @nathandanner4030
    @nathandanner4030 Před 4 lety +125

    I really like music that is bright and depressing at the same time!

  • @tomorrow990
    @tomorrow990 Před 4 lety +31

    When I was 7 my parents sent me to a music school in Warsaw (piano classes). Within 6 years I've learnt sh*t and was discouraged from music. Now I'm 27 and watching your videos and these actually helped me to understand a lot. THANK YOU, kind sir. Now I'm havin' fun with music instead of struggling.

    • @diannehogan7605
      @diannehogan7605 Před 4 lety +1

      Did they teach you modes? Most people I know who had piano lessons only learnt major scale, minor scale, and harmonic minor scale. No mixolydian or dorian modes. These people struggled to play rock, jazz, or blues.

    • @edphaze6550
      @edphaze6550 Před 4 lety

      I’m happy that you like Rick’s video, but the past tense of learn is not “learnt”. That’s not a real word. Try “learned” instead.

    • @robertneely9422
      @robertneely9422 Před 4 lety +4

      @@edphaze6550 Learnt and learned are both used as the past participle and past tense of the verb to learn. Learned is the generally accepted spelling in the United States and Canada, while the rest of the English-speaking world seems to prefer learnt. A simple Google search would have enabled you to learn this before making a fool of yourself. At least now you have learned/learnt something.

    • @tomorrow990
      @tomorrow990 Před 4 lety +1

      @@diannehogan7605 Yes, they did.

    • @kimberlystratton7585
      @kimberlystratton7585 Před 3 lety +1

      Hes such a nice guy isnt he?
      I love the guy like a brother.

  • @SuperStrik9
    @SuperStrik9 Před 2 lety +4

    Dorian was the first mode I learned after ionian (major scale) and aeolian (natural minor scale). For guitar dorian fits in great with the minor pentatonic scale. The Allman Brothers In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed from Live At Fillmore East is the song that introduced me to the dorian mode. Dickey Betts first solo in particular.

  • @Ben-Ken
    @Ben-Ken Před 3 lety +14

    I looked up "Music" in a giant dictionary and all I saw was a picture of Rick Beato.

  • @Richard_Jones
    @Richard_Jones Před 4 lety +29

    Hey Rick, sounds like you could have a second (third/fourth?) career doing film scores. Though those arpeggiated sections might sound good in a fusion context too. Nice stuff.

  • @aaronclift
    @aaronclift Před 4 lety +38

    "Whipping Post" by The Allman Brothers is one of the most famous Dorian songs of all time.

    • @QuakerOaths
      @QuakerOaths Před 4 lety +13

      @@officialWWM you don't make the difference

    • @rknisple
      @rknisple Před 4 lety +9

      @@officialWWM thats incredibly unfortunate. I feel bad for you

    • @ambreewilliams6585
      @ambreewilliams6585 Před 4 lety +4

      Even I heard of it... 👍🏾👍🏾

    • @diannehogan7605
      @diannehogan7605 Před 4 lety +5

      @@officialWWM I'm Australian and I know the Allman Brothers Band well. They were well known if the 70s. If you like extended blues with lots of improvising check out 'Live at Filmore East'.

    • @aaronclift
      @aaronclift Před 4 lety +3

      @@officialWWM it's okay to not know about an older band if you're young, but now that you know about The Allman Brothers, I highly encourage you to check out their music.

  • @Breuschling11
    @Breuschling11 Před 4 lety +13

    Your composition was mesmerizing, Rick - well done, brother.
    I love Dorian - probably because I’ve been using it longer than the other major scale modes because the minor pentatonic lives in it and that’s where I started all those years ago.

  • @gabelouis8910
    @gabelouis8910 Před 4 lety +20

    I love the piece you've composed in this video !

  • @bimscutney1242
    @bimscutney1242 Před 4 lety +389

    I’m sorry. I own the Dorian mode. You must cease and desist. 😜

    • @DurinSBane-zh9hj
      @DurinSBane-zh9hj Před 4 lety +18

      I'm Dorian and I own this mode

    • @fourplayrockband1050
      @fourplayrockband1050 Před 4 lety +4

      Who is she and what does she mean to you? 😈

    • @replaycraig
      @replaycraig Před 4 lety +10

      I own purple and potassium chloride. Not related to video, just throwing that out there.

    • @bimscutney1242
      @bimscutney1242 Před 4 lety +4

      replaycraig Thanks for the heads up!

    • @bimscutney1242
      @bimscutney1242 Před 4 lety +14

      Durin S. Bane You will be hearing from my attorneys. Or at least someone who has watched a lot of Law & Order. Good day. I said good day sir! 😂😜

  • @BenMcrea61
    @BenMcrea61 Před 4 lety +4

    Fantastic Rick. I’m walking around Clava Cairns in the Scottish Highlands, which is an ancient burial ground, and just loving this lesson - the Dorian melodies, the Chords etc. I’m a great lover of Sting and always appreciate how you break down his wonderful compositions. Thank you.

  • @ObscuredByCloud
    @ObscuredByCloud Před 4 lety +125

    Dorian mode: Exists
    Carlos Santana: "Hello there"

  • @c0il462
    @c0il462 Před 4 lety +193

    I hear the Dorian mode is best played using D'Ddorian strings.

    • @fhqwhgads1670
      @fhqwhgads1670 Před 4 lety +3

      Boooooooo! - -- sorry I meant, goddammit, here's your +1. now get out. :-)

    • @comajoebuck999
      @comajoebuck999 Před 3 lety +3

      c0il bah dum tiss....

    • @dalekay9ine
      @dalekay9ine Před 3 lety

      Hahaha nice

    • @bobsmith3291
      @bobsmith3291 Před 2 lety +1

      My nan wants her joke back

    • @Tubluer
      @Tubluer Před 2 lety

      The world don't need no more Phrygian puns. Bach off, man.

  • @johnn7776
    @johnn7776 Před 4 lety +81

    Then there is Van Morrison’s Moondance, and Kenny Burrell’s Midnight Blue.

    • @Henry-uv9xu
      @Henry-uv9xu Před 4 lety +6

      I just love Van Morrison’s music. Astral Weeks is one of my very favorite albums.

    • @SimpleManGuitars1973
      @SimpleManGuitars1973 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Henry-uv9xu Into The Mystic is musical sublimity. Also Tupelo Honey, Domino, Brown Eyed Girl, Wild Nights, well... you catch my drift. LOL!

    • @BrandochGarage
      @BrandochGarage Před 4 lety +1

      When I heard Kenny Burrell for the first time recently it seemed to me that that was exactly where Van Morrison got his inspiration from.

    • @johnn7776
      @johnn7776 Před 4 lety

      @@BrandochGarage I think you’re right. And I’m guessing Kenny Burrell had heard So What by Miles Davis.

    • @BrandochGarage
      @BrandochGarage Před 4 lety +1

      @@johnn7776 I think everyone heard that one! :) It is pretty brilliant.

  • @ananthd4797
    @ananthd4797 Před 4 lety +13

    Dorian has something to it. Improvising something in Dorian nearly always works well with an audience.

  • @bc1301
    @bc1301 Před 3 lety +20

    Rick has forgotten more theory than I’ll ever know.

  • @the64Kquestion
    @the64Kquestion Před rokem

    This channel should have 3 BILLION subscribers!

  • @iseeu-fp9po
    @iseeu-fp9po Před 4 lety +9

    Probably my favourite minor mode. What a beautiful composition and soundscape at the end there, Rick. Reminds me of norwegian nature. You're a gem. :) Thanks yet again.

  • @billcasale921
    @billcasale921 Před 4 lety +6

    Nice match between the footage and music. Beautiful!

  • @ton1c
    @ton1c Před 4 lety

    What a beautiful piece in the end Rick. Love it!

  • @ValKitsakis
    @ValKitsakis Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you so much for making these videos, Rick! I'm learning so much from you!

  • @alectrondorfman1057
    @alectrondorfman1057 Před 4 lety +4

    beautiful haunting melody

  • @ZippyRiffs
    @ZippyRiffs Před 4 lety +3

    Great video Rick! As always. love the modal content 👍

  • @jurgenstossenhammer956

    Love these videos of yours Rick!

  • @MrMannyWolf
    @MrMannyWolf Před 9 měsíci

    LA Woman starts in A Mixolydian but soon changes to A Dorian in the first verse. The opening guitar line clearly has the 6 and 3 in the intro, but the verse guitar lick played between the vocal lines has the 6 and the flat3. Great tune to play and sing.

  • @fran6b
    @fran6b Před 4 lety +3

    I like the lighting of the room you are in. It's really nice to the eyes! and with all the musical elements in the background. Good filming!

  • @jonathanolds813
    @jonathanolds813 Před 4 lety +3

    That original piece was beautiful! Wonderful visuals as well. I started watching you for the "What Makes This Song Great" videos but I've been taken on a magic carpet ride!! Love it.

  • @markusszelbracikowski956

    That was a beautiful piece, Rick! Wow

  • @curtisbrown3847
    @curtisbrown3847 Před rokem

    Wow! Beautiful piece of music Rick, love your work and lessons 🙂

  • @GuitareLEGENDE
    @GuitareLEGENDE Před 4 lety +7

    Great vid ! Here is 10 epic rock guitar riffs in dorian :
    AC/DC - Back in black
    America - A Horse with no name
    QOTSA - If Only
    RHCP - Transcending
    Metallica - Bleeding me
    Simon and Garfienkel - Scarborough Fair
    Chris Isaac - Wicked game
    Nickelback - How you remind me
    Green Day - Boulevard of broken dreams
    The Door - Rider on the storms (intro bass line)

  • @Guitargate
    @Guitargate Před 4 lety +3

    My improvising life changed forever when I realized the Major 6 is the 3rd of the MA 4 chord. Dorian for life!

  • @Cammi-Cat-XIII
    @Cammi-Cat-XIII Před 4 lety

    Great video as always! I love your original composition and and beautiful video along with it!

  • @mirkopanichi461
    @mirkopanichi461 Před 4 lety

    One of the most beautiful video of yours, thank you Rick!

  • @DCJayhawk57
    @DCJayhawk57 Před 4 lety +55

    Isn't "Riders on the Storm" in E Dorian?
    Also, I believe the main soft melody of the Halo videogame series is in Dorian.
    I haven't analyzed this in detail, but I always associate this sound, along with Lydian, with Thomas Newman's scores. I know uses a lot of Lydian but I could swear there's Dorian in there, too!

    • @phoule76
      @phoule76 Před 4 lety +2

      I was going to guess "The Rain Song".

    • @nintendude794
      @nintendude794 Před 4 lety +1

      Someone else mentioned Newman and I realized the main theme of my fave film (Shawshank Redemption, which Thomas Newman scored) is in C Dorian.

    • @nintendude794
      @nintendude794 Před 4 lety

      The Vomit err, maybe I misunderstand, but the middle section of the chant hangs on the fifth of E Dorian. The full chant goes as follows:
      E~/F#/G\F#/A\G\F#~\ E>~~...
      B/C#/D~\C#\A/C#\B>~...
      [\B/D/]E/G/A\F#~\E/G\F#\E/F#\D>~/~~~>...

    • @EricStrijbos
      @EricStrijbos Před 4 lety +4

      Dorian is also the first of the old church modes, so that makes sense for Gregorian chanting.

    • @Millie-kj5ju
      @Millie-kj5ju Před 4 lety +3

      I immediately thought of American beauty when I heard the opening notes

  • @keylonalmond8088
    @keylonalmond8088 Před 4 lety +3

    That piece is incredible! Mad World by Tears for Fears is another great song in Dorian mode.

  • @steveokon5431
    @steveokon5431 Před 4 lety

    Rick, this is awesome !
    Love your composition!!

  • @user-tp8ut7cs6j
    @user-tp8ut7cs6j Před měsícem

    Dorian feels untethered, like it just floats around without any resolution but it doesn't need a sense of resolution because every note and chord in that mode feels right. Dorian has such a dreamlike quality to me.

  • @LTDLimiTeD1995
    @LTDLimiTeD1995 Před 4 lety +15

    Whenever I hear a dorian scale on an acoustic lute type instrument, I'm suddenly in medieval times.

  • @gabrielmorton7030
    @gabrielmorton7030 Před 4 lety +3

    I like what you say about awareness of the half-step intervals in the modes.
    I feel like the Ethiopian pentatonic scale and its modes perfectly illustrate the range of moods and ideas that can be created and discovered in these half-step intervals.

  • @georgepence6093
    @georgepence6093 Před rokem

    Your original piece is terrific. Please keep sharing your passion for music!

  • @pedrobezerra5211
    @pedrobezerra5211 Před 4 lety

    Amazing original piece! Congratulations, Rick!

  • @fret2fret221
    @fret2fret221 Před 4 lety +15

    Dorian is one of my favorites. Next to Lydian.

    • @josephbastidas3561
      @josephbastidas3561 Před 4 lety +2

      For me it's the opposite, Lydian followed by Dorian. Both sound fantastic.

    • @JuddOakes
      @JuddOakes Před 4 lety +1

      Funny thing the same note that makes dorian unique is the same that makes lydian unique related to the parent major scale so no wonder why you like them both

    • @MrShagification
      @MrShagification Před 4 lety +1

      They have the perfect amount of dissonance

    • @luckyjinxer
      @luckyjinxer Před 4 lety

      Mixolydian. It feels like dirt roads to magical fairy kingdoms in the woods.

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 Před 4 lety +11

    I think Dorian might just be the most iconic and fulfilled mode due to the legends that have used them in the most iconic tunes! Always a pleasure to watch and learn from ye Rick!

    • @forprogress999
      @forprogress999 Před 4 lety

      RC32 can u name some examples for us? I learn so much from rick AND his followers.

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 Před 4 lety

      @@forprogress999 Santana is probably the best example. Oye Como Va or Soul Sacrifice come to mind for me

    • @dylanjwebmusic
      @dylanjwebmusic Před 4 lety

      Aeolian mode is the most used because its the same as natural minor. Then mixolydian because of how many rock songs use it (1 - b7 - 4 progressions). Then Dorian

  • @danielkharrat
    @danielkharrat Před 4 lety +2

    Hey Rick, thank you ever so much for the value of education you are giving people for free! I learned almost everything i know in music from your videos and your book. Keep doing what you're doing it is a real service to the community :)

  • @jonnydion699
    @jonnydion699 Před 4 lety +1

    Huge, huge fan of your stuff Rick!!! Great composition, btw🎵

  • @pantone369c
    @pantone369c Před 4 lety +8

    The Dorian mode makes me thing of Type O Negative's "October Rust" album and that makes me happy.

  • @fivewattworld
    @fivewattworld Před 4 lety +3

    My God Hypes! All the playing in this is just beautiful. "Haunting" is the word for it! Love these mode videos. I go back and watch them for inspiration.

  • @Soldersandwich
    @Soldersandwich Před 3 lety +1

    You do such a beautiful job of explaining and demonstrating this very special mode. Thank you!

  • @shkyrbty
    @shkyrbty Před 4 lety

    Wow! Really opened my ears to the melodic sound of modes. Beautiful tune and video, too! Thank you~

  • @discipleslim9506
    @discipleslim9506 Před 4 lety +10

    Years after reading Miles Davis' autobiography, I now know what he meant when he critiqued John Coltrane for continuing to play "in the mode" after Davis had moved on to experimental fusion. Thank you.

  • @williamrobinson7061
    @williamrobinson7061 Před 4 lety +5

    Pat Martino's "convert to minor" idea was identified wrongly by one writer as natural minor, but it's Dorian. Also, the Dorian mode is symmetrical intervalically.

  • @mfry1970
    @mfry1970 Před rokem +1

    Beautiful composition, Rick. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your art.

  • @JonMulveyGuitar
    @JonMulveyGuitar Před 4 lety

    Another great lesson! Go Rick Go!!

  • @pawnhearts8785
    @pawnhearts8785 Před 4 lety +34

    Do enjoy the silence by Depeche Mode

    • @jazzandrocknroll3235
      @jazzandrocknroll3235 Před 4 lety +5

      Schismatic Audio I love your profile picture! Pawn Hearts is a masterpiece, and Van der Graaf Generator is one of the best prog bands ever!

    • @deliusmyth5063
      @deliusmyth5063 Před 4 lety +2

      I always enjoy the silence by Depeche Mode.

    • @useyourbrain2174
      @useyourbrain2174 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@deliusmyth5063 Yes, the silence before and after is the best part.

    • @flatterswhite
      @flatterswhite Před 4 lety +3

      Nice band/album profile picture

    • @rahimalik
      @rahimalik Před 4 lety +1

      Rick loves electronic music :)

  • @piromallo
    @piromallo Před 4 lety +10

    "Unfinished Sympathy" ending strings arrangement

  • @austinberner31
    @austinberner31 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for making these modal videos, Rick; they're awesome! I always understood the modes in theory, but these are really helpful in explaining them practically and showing their unique sounds.

  • @larryhenderson4187
    @larryhenderson4187 Před 4 lety

    Thank you Rick. Really enjoying your videos!

  • @beautifulllife1234
    @beautifulllife1234 Před 4 lety +5

    Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits uses the Dorian mode very well.

  • @rahettinga
    @rahettinga Před 4 lety +27

    Joni liked Dorian. Also doesn’t The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me” gotta Dorian intro?

    • @RADThird1
      @RADThird1 Před 4 lety +3

      Sounds like it to me.

    • @liquidsolids9415
      @liquidsolids9415 Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah, the first thing I thought of during the intro to this video was the intro to “Love Reign O’er Me”!

    • @craigmurphy1204
      @craigmurphy1204 Před 3 lety

      Now that you mention it...

  • @pattyluss
    @pattyluss Před 4 lety +1

    Love your composition in this one, hauntingly beautiful! 👌😩👌

  • @souviksen7497
    @souviksen7497 Před 4 lety

    This has got to be the best Music Channel out there. Thanks alot Rick!! Going to buy your book..!

  • @rhessex
    @rhessex Před 4 lety +29

    I watched 'The Shawshank Redemption' again recently. Some of the music on this video reminded me of the music in the film. Was Thomas Newman using the dorian mode?

    • @philiphart6688
      @philiphart6688 Před 4 lety +2

      That's pretty much what I thought too, except it was Newman's superb score for Road To Perdition that came to mind.

    • @nintendude794
      @nintendude794 Před 4 lety +3

      rhessex huh, now that you mention it, the main theme (both Stoic Theme and Sisters on the soundtrack if I recall rightly) is in Dorian. C Dorian in the case of Stoic Theme. I think Sisters might be transposed, despite being a soft reprise. I always thought the four-note bass line was interesting because it’s like a slowed down blues walk-up almost, but instead rendered somber and foreboding when slowed underneath the main melody.

    • @nintendude794
      @nintendude794 Před 4 lety +1

      I’m only a minute into the video, but I was hoping/expecting to hear something of Marty O’Donnell’s scores from the Halo trilogy of videogames, which are mostly based in E Dorian, including the famous chanting main theme as well as Halo 3’s main theme (Finish The Fight for example, I think it’s called?)

    • @pauljoneseyboy9615
      @pauljoneseyboy9615 Před 4 lety +1

      Hunter Short I thought of Halo too

    • @thomas.moerman
      @thomas.moerman Před 3 lety

      This!

  • @EliGodfrey
    @EliGodfrey Před 4 lety +7

    Rick, no mention of C.R.E.A.M. by the Wu Tang Clan? Iconic Dorian melody sampled from the Charmels.

  • @kimberlystratton7585
    @kimberlystratton7585 Před 3 lety +1

    I loved that last sound track piece. It was beautiful. It had me in tears. Thank you so much for all your hard work and heart you put in your videos.

  • @BrothersCinco
    @BrothersCinco Před 4 lety

    Beautiful....thank you Rick Beato for these videos!!!

  • @jon.wilson
    @jon.wilson Před 4 lety +13

    Santana and Frampton

  • @SeptemberDay
    @SeptemberDay Před 4 lety +25

    It feels like The Lord of the Rings score uses a lot of this. Thanks Rick!!

    • @aaronclift
      @aaronclift Před 4 lety +13

      It sure does. The song that Pippin sings to Denethor in "Return of the King" is in Dorian mode.

    • @JadeStrawberry
      @JadeStrawberry Před 4 lety +4

      Also, reminds me of some of the music in, Meet Joe Black.

    • @fivewattworld
      @fivewattworld Před 4 lety +3

      @@JadeStrawberry Thomas Newman of course.

    • @rknisple
      @rknisple Před 4 lety +3

      Shawshank also

    • @catsinableton
      @catsinableton Před 2 lety

      The plastic bag theme from American beauty, Hans zimmer time also?

  • @forprogress999
    @forprogress999 Před 4 lety

    These type of videos you do, Rick, are very informative and useful. Thank u!

  • @osocargm
    @osocargm Před 4 lety

    Great composation, makes me feel calm and reflective!

  • @paununs8719
    @paununs8719 Před 4 lety +11

    3:17 Twin Peaks

  • @anette7519
    @anette7519 Před 4 lety +13

    Would Maria Muldar’s “Midnight at the Oasis” hit come under this mode? Also, isn’t Steely Dan a group which uses this method as well? Your composition is gorgeous and perfectly aligns with your nature vid. What a talented man you are!

    • @edphaze6550
      @edphaze6550 Před 4 lety

      Anette There are too many examples of the Dorian mode to mention. It’s everywhere, in just about every genre of music. If you play it on an instrument in a few different keys, you will start to recognize it as soon as you hear it in lots of music.

    • @anette7519
      @anette7519 Před 4 lety

      @@edphaze6550 Thank you for your clarification. I wasn’t familiar with the term Dorian mode, but once Rick demonstrated it, I realized it was a type of sound I’d always liked.

  • @meadowmoss1847
    @meadowmoss1847 Před 4 lety

    Wow Rick.
    I so love the piece you composed for this video at the end. You are very talented and heart centered!♡

  • @desertrose9483
    @desertrose9483 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for making these videos, Rick. It's great to be able to hear examples of Dorian mode music. And your composition near the end of the video is very beautiful!😺🐱

  • @MrEmailloux
    @MrEmailloux Před 4 lety +15

    The dorian mode sounds like the "film score" mode :-)

  • @scrotiemcboogerballs4967
    @scrotiemcboogerballs4967 Před 4 lety +3

    I wonder if Paul McCartney knew he was doing things in this mode or just played a melody and liked the way it sounded.

  • @JohnnysComedyNetwork
    @JohnnysComedyNetwork Před 3 lety

    Beautiful, Rick. Thanks for your song.

  • @jonathanpeters9271
    @jonathanpeters9271 Před 4 lety

    Great video. I can't believe how effortlessly you can target the most beautiful sounds of each mode