Dorian Mode
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C Dorian Mode For Guitar
How To Create C Dorian Mode
The scale template used to create the dorian mode from the chromatic scale is T, S/T, T, T, T, ST, T.
Where T is Tone the distance of two frets & S/T is a distance of 1 fret.
So this is how we find the notes in the C dorian mode.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
C# D# F# G# A#
C D E F G A B C
Db Eb Gb Ab Bb
T S/T T T T S/T T
C D Eb F G A Bb C
So we find that the C Dorian Mode has: C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb, C
Why Eb & not D# & why Bb & not A#?
Well, we must have at least one of each note in a scale or mode. Which means that we can not have D & D# or A & A#.
Once you have learnt this guitar mode click on the lead guitar backing track link to practise.
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C Dorian Chord Structure
You notice that the notes on the guitar fretboard are colour co-ordinated. For me this is the best way that I have found to learn how to get to grips with the multiple duplicate notes.
For instance how many C notes can be found across the entire guitar fretboard?
So let's have a look at the notes found in the C Dorian Mode.
C Dorian Mode: C D Eb F G A Bb C
Here’s the 7 diatonic triads for C Dorian Mode:
Cm, Dm, Eb, F, Gm, Adim, Bb
Here’s the 7th chords drawn from the C Dorian Mode:
Cm7, Dm7, EbM7, F7, Gm7, Am7b5, BbM7
Here's the list of the notes used for all 7 triads used in the C Dorian Mode. Notice that all of the notes used all appear in the C Dorian Mode.
Cm, Made up using - C Eb G
Dm, Made up using - D F A
Eb, Made up using - Eb G Bb
F, Made up using - F A C
Gm, Made up using - G Bb D
A dim, Made up using - A C Eb
Bb, Made up using - Bb D F
Now notice that you have the following chord patterns:
A (m m M M m d M) chord pattern is used for all Dorian Modes.
Here’s a list of popular chord patterns used with the C Dorian Mode:
Cm Dm
Cm F7
Cm Bb F7
Note: All of the above patterns are unique to the Dorian Mode
Use Dorian Mode in Jazz, Fusion, Rock & Blues
Dorian Mode - The Bigger Picture
The bigger picture is that you have 7 notes in a C dorian mode. You can build many chords from each note of the scale.
Let's put this into action. Let's take the C dorian mode & find C shape chords that can be used in composition:
Here's the notes:
C D Eb F G A Bb C
These 7 notes can make a host of chords as follows.
Let's just take the C note as the root note and add notes to it.
Chords in C dorian mode that start with a C note
Cm, Cm6, Cm6add9, Cm7, Cmadd9, Cm9, Cm11, Cm13, Cmsus4,
8---5----5--------6----10------10---3-----8-----8------------
8---4----4--------4----8-------8----4-----10----8------------
8---5----5--------5----8-------8----3-----8-----10-----------
10--5----5--------5----10------8----3-----8-----10-----------
10-------5---------------------10---3-----10-----------------
-------------------------------8----------8------------------
Csus2, C5,
3------------------------------------------------------------
3------------------------------------------------------------
5------------------------------------------------------------
-------5-----------------------------------------------------
-------3-----------------------------------------------------
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All of these C shape chords use notes found in the C dorian mode that is a combination of C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb,
This principle can be used starting from each of the 7 notes in the C dorian mode, so lets have a look at some of the chords from each note:
Chords in C Dorian Mode that start with a D note
Dm, Dm7, D7sus4, D5, Dm7m9, Dm7aug5, Dsus2, Dsus4,
5---8----------------11--------------5------5----------------
6---6---13-----------10-----3--------5------8----------------
7---7---12-----------10-----3--------7------7----------------
7---7---12------7----10-----3--------------------------------
--------12------5----12-----3--------------------------------
---------------------10--------------------------------------
Chords in C Dorian Mode that start with an Eb note
Eb, Eb5, Eb6, Eb6add9, Ebmaj7, EbM7dim5, EbM9, EbM13, Ebadd9,
11-------8----6----------------11--------13----13-----3------
8--------8----6--------11------10--------------13-----4------
8---8----8----5--------12------12--------12----12-----3------
8---6----8----5--------12------12--------12----12-----3------
--------------6----------------------------------------------
-----------------------11----------------11----11------------
Ebsus2, EbMdim5,
6-------3----------------------------------------------------
6-------4----------------------------------------------------
8-------2----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
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Chords in C Dorian Mode that start with an F note
F, F5, F6, F6add9, F7, Fsus4, F7add6, F7add13, F9, F9add6,
1------10--10------11---11-----11------11-------8---11-------
1------10--10------10---11-----10------10-------8---10-------
2------10--10------10---10-----10------10-------8---10-------
3------10--10------10---10-----10------10-------7---10-------
3--3-------10-----------------------------------8---10-------
---1-------10------------------10------10-----------10-------
F11, F13, Fadd9, Fsus2, Fsus4,
15---10---3------8------1------------------------------------
13---8----1------8------1------------------------------------
14---8----2------10-----3------------------------------------
13---7----3-------------3------------------------------------
13---8-------------------------------------------------------
13-----------------------------------------------------------
Chords in C Dorian Mode that start with a G note
G5, G7sus4, Gm, Gm7, Gm7aug5, Gm9, Gmadd9, Gm11, Gsus2, Gsus4,
----13------3---3----13-------5----5-------5-----10-----3----
----13------3---3----11-------3----3-------3-----10-----3----
----12------3---3----12-------3----3-------3-----12-----5----
----12------5---3----13-------3----5-------3------------5----
5-----------5---5-------------5------------3-----------------
3-----------3---3-------------3------------3-----------------
Chords in C Dorian Mode that start with an A note
Adim, Am7b5, Am7aug5
5-----8------------------------------------------------------
4-----8------10----------------------------------------------
5-----8------10----------------------------------------------
------7------10----------------------------------------------
-------------10----------------------------------------------
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Chords in C Dorian Mode that start with a Bb note
Bb, Bb5, Bb6, Bb6add9, Bb11#7, Bb11#7, BbM7, BbM7sus4, BbM9
6--------3----3--------12------10------------5---------8-----
6--------3----3--------12------10------6-----4---------------
7--------3----3--------10------8-------7-----3---------7-----
8--------3----3--------10------8-------7-----3---------7-----
8---8---------3--------12------8-----------------------------
6---6---------3--------10------8-------6---------------6-----
BbM9sus, BbM11, BbM13, Bbadd9, Bbsus2, Bbsus4,
8--------8------8------8-------1-------6---------------------
10--------------8------6-------1-------4---------------------
8--------8------7------7-------3-------3---------------------
8--------7------7------8---------------3---------------------
8------------------------------------------------------------
8--------6------6--------------------------------------------
So there's a comprehensive list of chords that you can play when playing in the key of C dorian mode.
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