Dorian Mode or Dorian Minor Scale

by Jay Skyler

Dorian Mode or Dorian Minor Scale

Scale Degrees: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The Dorian Minor scale is in the minor family of chord and scale qualities and is one of the seven Diatonic Modes.

Dorian is usually used on guitar to extend the blues scale, giving us a natural second and natural sixth. It is widely used against dominant blues progressions, songs in Major, songs in minor with a four chord (IV-)that has been made Dominant 7 or Major (IV or IV7), and is present in most funk music. A good way to remember it is to think of it as Natural Minor with a 6.

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