Dorian

Category: Modes/Scales

Description: The Dorian mode, is the second of seven modes of the major scale. If you were to play all the notes from C major but starting on D you would have played D Dorian scale. It uses the formula of semitones and tones: T – S – T – T – T – S – T.

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#11 Theory The #11 is an extension often added to Major 7th and Dominant 7th chords.
1 6 2 5 Progression/Song Form A common turnaround progression
10ths Theory 3rds an Octave up. Commonly played as double stops
11/8 Rhythm 11/8 means that there are eleven quaver (eighth note) beats per bar
12 Tone Modes/Scales a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row) synonyms
12/8 Rhythm 12/8 allows you to instead write out 12 straight eighth notes without losing anything from the groove, as 12/8 automatically implies that the eighth notes are grouped in sets of threes.
13b9 Theory A dominant chord that has the 13 and b9 as extentions. Commonly used as a diminished scale voicing. Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9 13
15/8 Rhythm Odd Time Signature
2 Notes Per String Fretboard Knowledge Laying out the fretboard with 2 notes per string.
2 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 2 strings
212 Fretboard Knowledge A system for arranging notes on the fretboard
2nds / Seconds Theory Interval of a 2nd. e.g. C to D
3 Notes Per String Fretboard Knowledge Scales laid out 3 notes per string on the fretboard
3 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 3 strings
3/4 Rhythm Time signature with 3 quarter notes to a bar
313 Fretboard Knowledge A particular fretting pattern alternating between 1 note per string and 3 notes per string
4 Notes Per String Fretboard Knowledge Laying out the fretboard with 4 notes on each string.
4 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 4 strings
5 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 5 strings
5/4 Rhythm The time signature of 5/4
5/8 Rhythm 5/8 means that there are five quaver (eighth note) beats per bar
6/8 Rhythm Time signature with 6 eighth notes to a bar
7 String Genre A 7 string guitar
7/4 Rhythm 7/4 means that there are seven crochet (quarter note) beats per bar