This is our first lesson on a particular mode. Mixolydian is the only mode of the Major scale that works over a dominant 7th chord, and with all of the blues lessons we've done recently I though it would be
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This lesson is just about us using the Dorian mode in a rock solo. I picked a live version of my song "December" from a show we did at a shopping mall, of all places...look down at the bottom of this lesson about the contest for this song....
Here is the recording...its from a video camera but you can everything OK....the solo starts at 2:45 into the song.
The chord progression for the first 3/4 of the solo is just Am for a measure and D for a measure....this
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This is the first in a series of lessons on the Dorian mode. All we are doing is learning the construction of the scale and memorizing the fingerings in preparation for the next few lessons on applying the sound.
If you are unfamiliar with the concept of modes or have not done any of my prior lessons on the subject you should backtrack a little and work on the "Modes from the Major Scale" lesson.
The Whole step/Half Step formula for the Dorian Mode (which happens to be the second mode of the Major Scale) is this:
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