Category: 8 Modes

Here’s a good jam track that you may recognize. This visualizes E Dorian as an E Blues scale with an added 2 and 6 – that’s one way to do it. What works best for you? If you don’t know, keep digging, but take some time to play along with this first.

Here’s a good jam in Dorian, and good advice on fretboard visualization and phrasing. He looks at A Dorian like playing in G Major, whereas I would visualize it as Em – same notes, different perspective. Figure out the approach that makes the most sense for you. 

I use Dorian often, and identify when I should by looking for a song in a minor key where the chord for the 4th of the key is Major rather than Minor. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Gm) is a great example.

How the Beatles used Modes