Learn the Dorian Mode

Improvise, Compose,
and Recognize
Modal Music The Dorian Mode
product description

The modes of the major scale have been used for centuries as a compositional tool and as a source for improvisation.

This excellent DVD will take you through the Dorian mode step by step so that you will be able to improvise, compose, and recognize 'modal' music. Also includes licks in the style of Santana and a guitar jam track.

Tutorials Include
  • Dorian Scale Patterns
  • Relative Major Scales
  • Superimposing Triads
  • Finding the 'right note'
  • Creating Dorian Mode Progressions
  • Dorian Mode Licks
  • Alternate Picking
  • Tremolo Picking
  • 3 Licks in the Style of Santana
about the instructor Danny Gill is a former pupil of Joe Satriani, and co-author of the Musicians Institute Rock Lead Guitar series. His songs have appeared on numerous TV shows including 'The Osbournes' as well as motion picture soundtracks such as 'Insomnia' and 'Under Siege'.