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The astuteguitaristmay noticethat E Dorianusesthe


patternsof D major/B minor (but with roots on E).
Nevertheless, it is bestto learneachmodeas a scale
"superimposed"
in its own right, with its parallel,
pentatonicand anchorchords.This will also allowfor
quick and easy parallel modality changes-for
The Dorianmodeis a naturalminorscalewitha raised example,changingbetweenE naturalminor and E
(major)sixthstep,makingit a distinctlyminortype of Dorian "on the fly" during a guitar solo-using a
scale with a momentof brightness.lt is commonin relativepatternwill not.
rockand pop styles.The notes,tones,and intervallic E Dorian
structureare shownbelow,basedon E. Patt.l (omitB, str.3) Patt.3 Patt.5 Patt.2 Patl.4

B C f D

17 19 2r

Patt.2 Patt.4 Patt'1 Patt.3

E Dorian, Patterns 1 - 5 "positional"


The Dorian mode has f ive different
patternson the neck.Thesecontainand correspondto OtherTonalities
the minor pentatonicboxes (page 10). Below,the Hereis the A Dorianmodealongwiththe associated
pentatonicboxesare shownin soliddots with added Am anchorchords.Shiftit intootherkeysas well.
tones2 and6 shownin greydots.Takentogether,they
A Dorian
formthe full diatonicDorianmode. Patt.4 (omitB, str. 3) Patt. 1 Patt.3 Patt.S Patt.2

I I

Patt. 1 --v-
x. 3 5 7 9 t2 l5 17 19 2l

Patt.5 Patt.2 Patt.4 Patt. 1

Patt.2 l5 t1 l9 2l

Three notes Per string


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Youshouldalreadyknowthe diatonicthree-note-per-
Patt.3 stringpatternsand sequence(pages28 and 32),so
all you reallyneed here is the correctstartingpoint.
"pattern2" becomes
The shapeshownon page32 as
pattern1 for Dorian.shift it to starton the sixthstring
root.ln this case,to playG Dorian,we'llstartwiththis
Patt.4 patternon G at the thirdfret and continuefromthere.
G Dorian

Patt.5 l5 t7

l5 t t

Fingering:Pattern1 is in open (first)position.Pattern


z iJ in secondposition.Pattern3 is in fourthposition
(fifth for strings 1 and 2). Pattern 4 is in seventh
v

position(stretchbacka fret on string3). Pattern5 is in


15 17
ninthposition(tenthfor strings1 and 2). 3 5 7 9 1 2

i*," continuewith page 32 patterns5, 6, 7, and


R!.. 1 as 4, 5, 6, and 7 (downtwo frets)...
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