Songs to demonstrate the Dorian mode

Apple-Joe · 12-18-2005, 09:36 PM

I didn't quite know where to post this, but I try here. I know quite a bit about the Dorian mode. I have experimented on my own and I have listened to most of the entries in the "Strickly Dorian" thread. Now, what I haven't done too much is listening to bands/artists who incorporate the Dorian mode. I know Santana likes it, but other than that; I don't quite know what to listen to. So, is there any particular artist I should listen to in order to hear how other people approach it? I'd like as many suggestions as possible.

curiousgeorge · 12-18-2005, 10:15 PM

Listen to Cool #9 by Joe Satriani...chock full of Dorian licks...

Apple-Joe · 12-19-2005, 12:08 AM

I've got the song - I'll check it out more closely.

Ben · 12-19-2005, 04:57 PM

Surfing with the alien main melody is dorian too.

*UKRuss* · 12-19-2005, 06:48 PM

Dorian tends to be used more than you realise in extending the blues/pentatonic lick library.

You hear it more than you realise.

CaptainCarma · 12-19-2005, 08:00 PM

nearly every santana song...

curiousgeorge · 12-19-2005, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben

Surfing with the alien main melody is dorian too.

Are you sure about that? It doesn't sound very dorian to my ears...

silent-storm · 12-19-2005, 08:51 PM

'So What' - Miles Davis

curiousgeorge · 12-19-2005, 09:31 PM

I'd check out "A Live One" by Phish...It's a double live CD and they absolutely exploit the dorian mode to death....in a good way!

Ben · 12-19-2005, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by curiousgeorge

Are you sure about that? It doesn't sound very dorian to my ears...

I was surpised too when this was originally pointed out to me but I checked and it is. Move the notes into the third fret and it is more obvious.

smallbusrider · 12-20-2005, 01:43 AM

Over either an ambiguous chord (root/5th) or a minor triad, I almost always go with dorian over natural minor (aeolian). Dorian just sounds, for lack of a better term, spookier to me. spookier=cooler!

12-18-2005, 09:36 PM	#1
Apple-Joe Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 658	Songs to demonstrate the Dorian mode I didn't quite know where to post this, but I try here. I know quite a bit about the Dorian mode. I have experimented on my own and I have listened to most of the entries in the "Strickly Dorian" thread. Now, what I haven't done too much is listening to bands/artists who incorporate the Dorian mode. I know Santana likes it, but other than that; I don't quite know what to listen to. So, is there any particular artist I should listen to in order to hear how other people approach it? I'd like as many suggestions as possible.

12-18-2005, 10:15 PM	#2
curiousgeorge fan of the G string Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Britney's basement Posts: 1,073	Listen to Cool #9 by Joe Satriani...chock full of Dorian licks... __________________ Karma Chameleon...You come and go...You come and go, oh..........MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!!!

12-19-2005, 06:48 PM	#5
UKRuss Modbod Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Funky Munky World Posts: 3,905	Dorian tends to be used more than you realise in extending the blues/pentatonic lick library. You hear it more than you realise. __________________ Myspace My Site SoundCloud

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CaptainCarma Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 586	nearly every santana song... __________________ "Truth is the invention of a liar." - von Foerster

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12-19-2005, 12:08 AM	#3
Apple-Joe Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 658	I've got the song - I'll check it out more closely.

12-19-2005, 04:57 PM	#4
Ben Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Torquay Posts: 79	Surfing with the alien main melody is dorian too.

12-19-2005, 08:51 PM	#8
silent-storm Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,123	'So What' - Miles Davis

12-19-2005, 09:31 PM	#9
curiousgeorge fan of the G string Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Britney's basement Posts: 1,073	I'd check out "A Live One" by Phish...It's a double live CD and they absolutely exploit the dorian mode to death....in a good way! __________________ Karma Chameleon...You come and go...You come and go, oh..........MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!!!

12-20-2005, 01:43 AM	#11
smallbusrider Amateur gynecologist Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 260	Over either an ambiguous chord (root/5th) or a minor triad, I almost always go with dorian over natural minor (aeolian). Dorian just sounds, for lack of a better term, spookier to me. spookier=cooler!

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