Dorian The dorian mode is found on the II degree of the Major scale. It’s one of the minor modes and its characteristic interval is the major sixth. Scale Construction Fingerings Harmonization (triads) Harmonization (seventh chords) Harmonization (quartal) Dorian riff After all the theory, let’s take the guitar and play. Here’s the chart of the …
Modal Chords If I go back and think about the first years of my guitar studies, I have to admit that I found studying chords boring. It was that boring moment between a solo and the next. I think in that period I was lacking the right perspective and, even more, someone making me understand …
“Modal” Pentatonics Is It a Scale or an Arpeggio? Let’s say you are playing the notes A-C-D-E-G, I’m pretty sure you’d say without a doubt that you’re in the scale of Am pentatonic. Piece of cake! Even so, have you ever thought of these five notes as an arpeggio? In this case we could re-order …
