The Dorian Mode | Why Everyone Loves This Mode

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  • Опубліковано 4 бер 2020
  • In this episode I discuss in detail how to use the DORIAN MODE or Scale for composition (Film Scoring) or in improvisation on the Guitar, Piano or any instrument. I talk about the unique qualities of the DORIAN mode's Natural 6th and WHY EVERYONE LOVES THIS SOUND.
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  • @hollowthere3850
    @hollowthere3850 3 роки тому +241

    Dorian is the glimpse of hope after a tragedy.

    • @digletttexano678
      @digletttexano678 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly

    • @flanderstruck3751
      @flanderstruck3751 Рік тому

      Nope. That's lydian

    • @byronrobbins8834
      @byronrobbins8834 Рік тому

      @@digletttexano678 the Dorian mode, with the Christmassy 6th note, will help give a whimsical sounding feel, which would have otherwise had a Lenten sounding feel.

    • @byronrobbins8834
      @byronrobbins8834 Рік тому

      @@flanderstruck3751 Lydian mode will be sorted Major sound, with a more Christmassy 4th note.

    • @aWildJersh
      @aWildJersh Рік тому

      that's beautiful

  • @DorianStretton
    @DorianStretton 4 роки тому +896

    Dorian is without any doubt whatsoever the best of all modes! I may be somewhat biased.

  • @tomaszmikinka8681
    @tomaszmikinka8681 4 роки тому +661

    Rick: singing in the shower
    Sony: triggered

  • @tranceemerson8325
    @tranceemerson8325 4 роки тому +325

    Beato: *could play Dorian in C major but plays in B major like a boss.*

  • @avielkharrat5788
    @avielkharrat5788 4 роки тому +135

    The amasing thing about Dorian is that, although it is minor, it is not "dark". It carries some melancoly, but i'd rather say it's full of mystery and promesses.

    • @StarQueenEstrella
      @StarQueenEstrella 2 роки тому +6

      The way I think of it, Dorian evokes a sense of melancholy, of forlornness. That something you want is just beyond your reach but you can’t grasp it.

    • @Equinox1.5
      @Equinox1.5 2 роки тому +2

      I have to agree. It's minor but it offers hope of resolution ... sometime in the future.

    • @byronrobbins8834
      @byronrobbins8834 7 місяців тому

      ​@@thebeamerdreamerwe all tend to enjoy the key of E Dorian, as defined by the C# note.

  • @Pawel.Kieler
    @Pawel.Kieler 4 роки тому +515

    She: I like brave guys...
    Rick: I use The Beatles' songs in my videos.

  • @IWinsomeIllosesomeI
    @IWinsomeIllosesomeI 4 роки тому +181

    It’s strange how I love watching all these Videos and i don’t have a single clue about ANYTHING he’s saying. I don’t even know chords.

    • @GZUS316
      @GZUS316 4 роки тому +5

      Word

    • @danatorres1035
      @danatorres1035 4 роки тому +1

      Neither do I. I sing but unfortunately don't play instruments. 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

    • @signorpaldoni
      @signorpaldoni 4 роки тому +1

      same here man! It fascinates me but for what concerns me i know i don t have the brain to ever learn any of this.. still it really makes me feel good

    • @tonyvoxu2
      @tonyvoxu2 4 роки тому +1

      Same here (Well largely). It will seep in by osmosis. 😉

    • @Slinkygal
      @Slinkygal 4 роки тому +1

      I know just what you're talking about.

  • @danielmcewen6429
    @danielmcewen6429 4 роки тому +148

    B Dorian sounds like the whole Halo soundtrack, especially with the string sound.

    • @c0il462
      @c0il462 4 роки тому +22

      I had the exact same thought. When Rick loaded up the strings patch, I immediately went "This is Halo!"

    • @TheBigDean18
      @TheBigDean18 4 роки тому +13

      Same same same, absolutely love the Halo Soundtrack

    • @gramursowanfaborden5820
      @gramursowanfaborden5820 4 роки тому +6

      yep when i heard those strings i immediately started humming Roll Call and started looking for Halo comments.

    • @gramursowanfaborden5820
      @gramursowanfaborden5820 4 роки тому +13

      the piece Rick composed sounds like it came straight out of ODST as well.

    • @daveh7720
      @daveh7720 4 роки тому +13

      I saw a video clip of an interview with Martin O'Donnell (composed much of the music in Halo over the years) and he was talking about the music for the upcoming Halo 3. He said, "I don't want to give away too much but I will say this: E, Dorian!"
      Dorian always sounded hopeful to me. Gotta love it.

  • @vinniesmyyth334
    @vinniesmyyth334 4 роки тому +125

    Thank you for making these videos rick, especially with the poor monetization situation. We're lucky to have such a large amount of free quality content regularly. From everyone, Thanks Rick!

    • @markcoren2842
      @markcoren2842 4 роки тому +3

      We can also help with that bad monetization by joining the Beato Club and buying his Beato Book (which I HIGHLY recommend) and his merch. I've been really impressed with all three so far. The book has been my daily companion for over a year now. I'm definitely in student mode when I hear him start talking.

    • @vinniesmyyth334
      @vinniesmyyth334 4 роки тому

      @@markcoren2842 I currently can't afford to spend so much money on the Beato Book however it is something I'm sure I want to get my hands on. Rick could cover anything

    • @martinkulik9466
      @martinkulik9466 2 роки тому

      Why poor monetization

  • @useyourbrain2174
    @useyourbrain2174 4 роки тому +111

    You should produce film music. It would fit perfectly: no tours, no promotion. Just beautiful music.

  • @user-is9mq1ub3n
    @user-is9mq1ub3n 4 роки тому +11

    The emotion conveyed by dorian is awe.

  • @richardodzgan7560
    @richardodzgan7560 4 роки тому +79

    The beginning triggered all of these Thomas Newman flashbacks like Shawshank or Road to Perdition.

    • @Pedozzi
      @Pedozzi 4 роки тому +1

      you mean shawshank redemption or road to perdition

    • @wongsanggar
      @wongsanggar 4 роки тому

      LOL i just think red dead redemption

    • @jeremydonah5442
      @jeremydonah5442 4 роки тому +7

      Sounded a bit like the theme from American Beauty.

    • @mvunit3
      @mvunit3 4 роки тому

      2 of my faves that I was thinking (and commented) as well :). "Road to Chicago" . . . sublime.

    • @richardodzgan7560
      @richardodzgan7560 4 роки тому +1

      @@Pedozzi yeah Perdition is what i meant :D

  • @metashrew
    @metashrew 4 роки тому +117

    Dorian is the Lydian of the minor scales. That's what it feels like to me.

    • @carbonmonoxide5052
      @carbonmonoxide5052 4 роки тому +20

      Metashrew interesting way of thinking about it. I tend to associate the standard modes by their distance from the center. Dorian corresponds to mixolydian, minor to major, and Phrygian to Lydian. Minor and major are the clean modes (no tritones with any of the notes of their 1 chords), Dorian and mixolydian both have tritones based on the third, and as such are less stable but as long as they 1 chords are emphasized, they work. They can both sound a gritty due to the dissonance. Phrygian and Lydian both have more dissonance, tritones with the 5 and 1 respectively. As such, Lydian has a dim 4 chord, and Phrygian a dim 5 chord. Both require a lot of finessing to get chord progressions to sound natural and stable.
      Edit: Locrian is its own (beautiful) can of worms and doesn’t have a mode that corresponds to it.

    • @david_djent
      @david_djent 4 роки тому +7

      I would say mixolydian but I feel you

    • @Danmashinigamikuro
      @Danmashinigamikuro 3 роки тому +5

      ​@@goreevisuals That's almost it, you mean "relative" instead of "parallel". The relative major of a minor mode is on its third degree. Thus, Lydian is the relative major of Dorian the same way Ionian is the relative major of Aeolian. And in the same way, Mixolydian is the relative major of Phrygian. Interestingly, if we consider Locrian to be "minor" (which it isn't), then its "relative major" turns out to be Dorian, and if we consider it to be "major" (which it isn't), then its "relative minor" scale is Mixolydian.
      There is a central relationship between Dorian and Mixolydian - both modes share the same note save for the third. In that sense, you could say that Mixolydian is a sort of "parallel major" of Dorian, and vice versa. In fact, both modes can be used alternatingly in composition (and even in improvisation - check out the Dorian Bebop scale) with great effectiveness.
      This central division is further exacerbated if you divide the modes into major and minor (keep in mind that Locrian is not minor), which are central points in harmony. You can then rank your modes by brightness - from brightest to darkest, omitting Locrian: Lydian, Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Phrygian.
      As you can see, and was explained in further detail by Carbon Monoxide, too much brightness can be difficult to use, and so is too much darkness - both Lydian and Phrygian have a lot of dissonance, whereas Dorian and Mixolydian are more balanced and therefore less dissonant.
      So in summary, it all depends on the way you see it, but yes, the idea is that you get the same amount of added brightness when modulating to Dorian from Aeolian as you do when modulating to Lydian from Ionian (and the same goes for darkness with Phrygian and Mixolydian). However, this happens only when modulating, when you have established a harmonic center - major or minor. Otherwise (when writing purely in a specific mode), you should refer to the perspective that was put forth by Carbon Monoxide.

    • @ENTP247
      @ENTP247 3 роки тому +1

      Nailed it bro!!

    • @georgesoden
      @georgesoden 2 роки тому

      I think the people saying Dorian is the Mixolydian of minor scales are making theoretical links that aren’t actually there.
      I think your instinctive thought (based on the feeling of the sounds) that Dorian and Lydian are intertwined is a lot more true. I agree at least.
      Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the notes that define the sound of Lydian and Dorian are the #4 and natural 6th, respectively, and these are actually the same note in a particular key (thinking modally).
      As an example, D Dorian and F Lydian are the same set of notes and they both have B as their characteristic note.

  • @sfilipee
    @sfilipee 4 роки тому +222

    Fun fact: I used to think of the Dorian Mode as "the Prince scale", because it was learning Prince's solos and guitar work in general that I learned it. Only years later I found out it was called the Dorian Mode. Now that I think about it, really wish you would do a video on Prince'. It's hard because he would save most of his guitar playing for his live shows, so you had to be familiar with it.

    • @christianmalinao
      @christianmalinao 4 роки тому +7

      Santana

    • @JAYDUBYAH29
      @JAYDUBYAH29 4 роки тому +5

      Santana

    • @garanceadrosehn9691
      @garanceadrosehn9691 4 роки тому +19

      Sadly, Prince's estate is a very aggressive blocker. Give it another 5-10 years, and no one will remember Prince's music.

    • @sfilipee
      @sfilipee 4 роки тому +6

      Garance A Drosehn That's true, but I think the last couple of years they let it go a bit, other than things that they want to put in reissues and stuff. You can find a lot of live material on UA-cam, which was not the case a few years ago.

    • @npc2071
      @npc2071 4 роки тому +2

      Any Prince video would be instablocked

  • @georgew.morrowiii118
    @georgew.morrowiii118 4 роки тому +58

    Your Dorian composition piece had an airy atmospheric feel that the visuals really complemented. Phrygian has always been a favorite mine... Thanks

  • @lughlongarm76
    @lughlongarm76 4 роки тому +14

    The Force Theme by John Williams deserves mention, I think it needs to be said.
    It’s another example of modulating from Dorian to Aeolian. It’s of the most powerful uses of that composition technique I can think of.

  • @nathandanner4030
    @nathandanner4030 4 роки тому +125

    I really like music that is bright and depressing at the same time!

  • @tomorrow990
    @tomorrow990 4 роки тому +31

    When I was 7 my parents sent me to a music school in Warsaw (piano classes). Within 6 years I've learnt sh*t and was discouraged from music. Now I'm 27 and watching your videos and these actually helped me to understand a lot. THANK YOU, kind sir. Now I'm havin' fun with music instead of struggling.

    • @diannehogan7605
      @diannehogan7605 4 роки тому +1

      Did they teach you modes? Most people I know who had piano lessons only learnt major scale, minor scale, and harmonic minor scale. No mixolydian or dorian modes. These people struggled to play rock, jazz, or blues.

    • @edphaze6550
      @edphaze6550 4 роки тому

      I’m happy that you like Rick’s video, but the past tense of learn is not “learnt”. That’s not a real word. Try “learned” instead.

    • @robertneely9422
      @robertneely9422 4 роки тому +4

      @@edphaze6550 Learnt and learned are both used as the past participle and past tense of the verb to learn. Learned is the generally accepted spelling in the United States and Canada, while the rest of the English-speaking world seems to prefer learnt. A simple Google search would have enabled you to learn this before making a fool of yourself. At least now you have learned/learnt something.

    • @tomorrow990
      @tomorrow990 4 роки тому +1

      @@diannehogan7605 Yes, they did.

    • @kimberlystratton7585
      @kimberlystratton7585 3 роки тому +1

      Hes such a nice guy isnt he?
      I love the guy like a brother.

  • @kimberlystratton7585
    @kimberlystratton7585 3 роки тому +1

    I loved that last sound track piece. It was beautiful. It had me in tears. Thank you so much for all your hard work and heart you put in your videos.

  • @BenMcrea61
    @BenMcrea61 4 роки тому +4

    Fantastic Rick. I’m walking around Clava Cairns in the Scottish Highlands, which is an ancient burial ground, and just loving this lesson - the Dorian melodies, the Chords etc. I’m a great lover of Sting and always appreciate how you break down his wonderful compositions. Thank you.

  • @bartjelories
    @bartjelories 4 роки тому +141

    The I'm sad but its getting better mode. Loved that composed piece! Tnx.

    • @Artek604
      @Artek604 4 роки тому +2

      That's quite right, actually :)

    • @bartjelories
      @bartjelories 4 роки тому

      @@dougcrane8031 absolutely.

    • @bartjelories
      @bartjelories 4 роки тому +2

      @debaser I like all modes, they all have their soul.

    • @mrbassslap8930
      @mrbassslap8930 3 роки тому

      Nice point, good one! ;)

    • @kosmosyche
      @kosmosyche 3 роки тому +5

      I'd say it's not really sad, it's more like sweet melancholy mode. No real drama, no bad feelings, for example, you just remembered some happy moments from your childhood and you smile but at the same time realize that your childhood is long gone. So it's a sweet memory, but it kinda sets your mind into the Dorian mode, thinking about how time flows and maybe where your childhood friends are now and so on.

  • @iseeu-fp9po
    @iseeu-fp9po 4 роки тому +9

    Probably my favourite minor mode. What a beautiful composition and soundscape at the end there, Rick. Reminds me of norwegian nature. You're a gem. :) Thanks yet again.

  • @rodmact6548
    @rodmact6548 4 роки тому +2

    Rick Beato just never stops being one of, if not the, top coolest best most up-beat greatest music channels on the 'Tube bar none. Thank you RB for all the music and the intelligent, thought provoking discussions and analyses that make the music we need for our lives to have meaning even better. And Rick that composition (and video) at the end was absolutely beautiful.

  • @gabelouis8910
    @gabelouis8910 4 роки тому +20

    I love the piece you've composed in this video !

  • @j.s.2419
    @j.s.2419 4 роки тому +73

    Pink Floyd Breathe is largely in E Dorian with it's Emadd9 to A progression. What's more interesting though is the way they break out of the mode and work back into it.

    • @harrysouter2304
      @harrysouter2304 4 роки тому +14

      that’s another dorian- aeolian example

    • @Andrew_M_Ward
      @Andrew_M_Ward 4 роки тому +9

      @@harrysouter2304 / Bingo !!! perhaps the single greatest example in rock

    • @j.s.2419
      @j.s.2419 4 роки тому +4

      @@harrysouter2304 Partially yes, but they also throw an F major 7 in there along with a D7#9 and D7b9 that leads back into Em.

    • @useyourbrain2174
      @useyourbrain2174 4 роки тому +3

      I love that song.

    • @dylanjwebmusic
      @dylanjwebmusic 4 роки тому +13

      @@j.s.2419 Most likely Rick Wright was the only one in the band who actually knew the theory behind those chords

  • @jonathanolds813
    @jonathanolds813 4 роки тому +3

    That original piece was beautiful! Wonderful visuals as well. I started watching you for the "What Makes This Song Great" videos but I've been taken on a magic carpet ride!! Love it.

  • @MrEmailloux
    @MrEmailloux 4 роки тому

    I don't know if you (Rick) read some of the comments on your videos, but I just want to say that I am amazed everytime I watch one of your video. Your knowledge of music, the ease with which you explain "everything music", the pertinence of the examples you give, your wealth of knowledge... Man! You're one of a kind! The priceless kind, that is! Thank you for making all of this available to us and taking the time to explain it to us.

  • @samuelventimiglia7327
    @samuelventimiglia7327 4 роки тому +1

    I am so glad I've found Rick's videos. I've never been a student of music but I love how much there really is to playing and composition. Love the videos and its making me want to do more formal music study.

  • @billcasale921
    @billcasale921 4 роки тому +6

    Nice match between the footage and music. Beautiful!

  • @Breuschling11
    @Breuschling11 4 роки тому +13

    Your composition was mesmerizing, Rick - well done, brother.
    I love Dorian - probably because I’ve been using it longer than the other major scale modes because the minor pentatonic lives in it and that’s where I started all those years ago.

  • @desertrose9483
    @desertrose9483 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for making these videos, Rick. It's great to be able to hear examples of Dorian mode music. And your composition near the end of the video is very beautiful!😺🐱

  • @julianlongden4054
    @julianlongden4054 4 роки тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful mode. There's something so profoundly beautiful and spiritual about music that I just can't put my finger on. Me and everyone else I guess! Your piece at the end is just wonderful Rick. Thank you.

  • @fran6b
    @fran6b 4 роки тому +3

    I like the lighting of the room you are in. It's really nice to the eyes! and with all the musical elements in the background. Good filming!

  • @johnn7776
    @johnn7776 4 роки тому +81

    Then there is Van Morrison’s Moondance, and Kenny Burrell’s Midnight Blue.

    • @Henry-uv9xu
      @Henry-uv9xu 4 роки тому +6

      I just love Van Morrison’s music. Astral Weeks is one of my very favorite albums.

    • @SimpleManGuitars1973
      @SimpleManGuitars1973 4 роки тому +2

      @@Henry-uv9xu Into The Mystic is musical sublimity. Also Tupelo Honey, Domino, Brown Eyed Girl, Wild Nights, well... you catch my drift. LOL!

    • @BrandochGarage
      @BrandochGarage 4 роки тому +1

      When I heard Kenny Burrell for the first time recently it seemed to me that that was exactly where Van Morrison got his inspiration from.

    • @johnn7776
      @johnn7776 4 роки тому

      @@BrandochGarage I think you’re right. And I’m guessing Kenny Burrell had heard So What by Miles Davis.

    • @BrandochGarage
      @BrandochGarage 4 роки тому +1

      @@johnn7776 I think everyone heard that one! :) It is pretty brilliant.

  • @micheleparker8123
    @micheleparker8123 4 роки тому +2

    The Dorian mode has got to be my favorite- so beautiful!

  • @mfry1970
    @mfry1970 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful composition, Rick. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your art.

  • @ObscuredByCloud
    @ObscuredByCloud 4 роки тому +125

    Dorian mode: Exists
    Carlos Santana: "Hello there"

  • @gabrielmorton7030
    @gabrielmorton7030 4 роки тому +3

    I like what you say about awareness of the half-step intervals in the modes.
    I feel like the Ethiopian pentatonic scale and its modes perfectly illustrate the range of moods and ideas that can be created and discovered in these half-step intervals.

  • @harmonygaleria6311
    @harmonygaleria6311 4 роки тому

    I want to thank you Rick. I really did not understand anything about music theory after so many years of playing guitar, until I discovered your channel. Thank you for everything!

  • @danielkharrat
    @danielkharrat 4 роки тому +2

    Hey Rick, thank you ever so much for the value of education you are giving people for free! I learned almost everything i know in music from your videos and your book. Keep doing what you're doing it is a real service to the community :)

  • @ZippyRiffs
    @ZippyRiffs 4 роки тому +3

    Great video Rick! As always. love the modal content 👍

  • @Ben-Ken
    @Ben-Ken 3 роки тому +14

    I looked up "Music" in a giant dictionary and all I saw was a picture of Rick Beato.

  • @Soldersandwich
    @Soldersandwich 3 роки тому +1

    You do such a beautiful job of explaining and demonstrating this very special mode. Thank you!

  • @soxx795
    @soxx795 4 роки тому

    Rick; I've been in love with this particular "chord" that I came across, and today I discovered that it was in Dorian! Thanks for your excellent vids, and keep them coming brother. Long Live Music!!!

  • @fogdog165
    @fogdog165 4 роки тому +39

    I hear Dorian and its major counterpart Lydian as "foolproof" in that there are no bad sounding note clusters to be found in them. Indeed the entire mode can be present as a fully extended chord without any of those pesky tensions begging to be resolved or avoided which are present in every other mode. An argument can be made that unlike the other modes the extensions don't conflict with the primary chord tones so there's nothing to avoid. Another way to think of it is that Dorian and Lydian are "stable" i.e. one can camp out indefinitely in either as is pretty much the case with So What, Impressions, and many others. Nicely done Rick.

    • @ohwhen7775
      @ohwhen7775 4 роки тому +1

      It would make sense since so many jazz folk end tunes on Dorian or m6 type chords which can often tend to sound like inversions of Lydian.

    • @costalongajp
      @costalongajp 4 роки тому

      There is somethings to avoid to keep the way it sounds, not that it wilol sound bad. If you throw an C+E major thrird 3 on F lydian you will be on the edge to sound like an ordinary C Ionian thing.

    • @fogdog165
      @fogdog165 4 роки тому

      @@ohwhen7775 Good point. Also, that m6 II chord is also nearly identical to the V9 in the same key so it combines dominant Mixo and ethereal Lydian flavors along with the primary minor quality. Nice place to land.

    • @XENOGOD
      @XENOGOD 4 роки тому

      actually you can turn the mixolydian scale into a 13 chord, which sounds pretty stable too

    • @fogdog165
      @fogdog165 4 роки тому +1

      @@XENOGOD True but the Mixo mix contains a 4 which if added to the chord would make it less stable, suggesting a subsequent resolution, likewise if the 4 replaces the 3. Again, all the modes except Dorian and Lydian have conflicting elements built in. Not that there's anything wrong with conflict ;)

  • @slavophiliak44
    @slavophiliak44 3 роки тому +5

    1:36-1:57
    Very beautiful. Also, every modern theatrical musical score ever

  • @meadowmoss1847
    @meadowmoss1847 4 роки тому

    Wow Rick.
    I so love the piece you composed for this video at the end. You are very talented and heart centered!♡

  • @Nuker54
    @Nuker54 4 роки тому +1

    Not sure why I’m addicted to this channel because most of what Rick talks about is way beyond my level of understanding - yet I’m fascinated by it. Beautiful backing track at the end of the video. 🤔👍

  • @SuperStrik9
    @SuperStrik9 2 роки тому +4

    Dorian was the first mode I learned after ionian (major scale) and aeolian (natural minor scale). For guitar dorian fits in great with the minor pentatonic scale. The Allman Brothers In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed from Live At Fillmore East is the song that introduced me to the dorian mode. Dickey Betts first solo in particular.

  • @Timliu92
    @Timliu92 3 роки тому +13

    I always consider the Dorian mode as 'the Santana scale'. In tunes like Oye Como Va and Soul Sacrifice, Santana plays in A Dorian, so everytime I want to remember how the mode feels like, I always remember those 2 songs.

  • @spacemissing
    @spacemissing 4 роки тому +1

    A great demonstartion, Rick!
    Dorian is terrifically versatile, able to convey many moods.

  • @jessecappelletto5621
    @jessecappelletto5621 4 роки тому +1

    Dorian is one of my favorite modes, and Rick your composition is beautiful!

  • @bimscutney1242
    @bimscutney1242 4 роки тому +389

    I’m sorry. I own the Dorian mode. You must cease and desist. 😜

    • @DurinSBane-zh9hj
      @DurinSBane-zh9hj 4 роки тому +18

      I'm Dorian and I own this mode

    • @fourplayrockband1050
      @fourplayrockband1050 4 роки тому +4

      Who is she and what does she mean to you? 😈

    • @replaycraig
      @replaycraig 4 роки тому +10

      I own purple and potassium chloride. Not related to video, just throwing that out there.

    • @bimscutney1242
      @bimscutney1242 4 роки тому +4

      replaycraig Thanks for the heads up!

    • @bimscutney1242
      @bimscutney1242 4 роки тому +14

      Durin S. Bane You will be hearing from my attorneys. Or at least someone who has watched a lot of Law & Order. Good day. I said good day sir! 😂😜

  • @GuitareLEGENDE
    @GuitareLEGENDE 4 роки тому +7

    Great vid ! Here is 10 epic rock guitar riffs in dorian :
    AC/DC - Back in black
    America - A Horse with no name
    QOTSA - If Only
    RHCP - Transcending
    Metallica - Bleeding me
    Simon and Garfienkel - Scarborough Fair
    Chris Isaac - Wicked game
    Nickelback - How you remind me
    Green Day - Boulevard of broken dreams
    The Door - Rider on the storms (intro bass line)

  • @thomasmcgill6918
    @thomasmcgill6918 4 роки тому +1

    Rich and powerful and yet easy to grasp ... thanks to Rick's explanation. I love Ricks composition using this mode.

  • @souviksen7497
    @souviksen7497 4 роки тому

    This has got to be the best Music Channel out there. Thanks alot Rick!! Going to buy your book..!

  • @ananthd4797
    @ananthd4797 4 роки тому +13

    Dorian has something to it. Improvising something in Dorian nearly always works well with an audience.

  • @bc1301
    @bc1301 3 роки тому +20

    Rick has forgotten more theory than I’ll ever know.

  • @jonathanpeters9271
    @jonathanpeters9271 4 роки тому

    Great video. I can't believe how effortlessly you can target the most beautiful sounds of each mode

  • @Equinox1.5
    @Equinox1.5 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for all of your videos on modes. I didn't know why I found certain pieces and songs so hauntingly beautiful until I learnt about modes from your videos. Then it all fell into place.

  • @alectrondorfman1057
    @alectrondorfman1057 4 роки тому +4

    beautiful haunting melody

  • @Jekylnhyde55
    @Jekylnhyde55 4 роки тому +22

    "Twilight Zone" by Rush; Dorian (chorus) & Aeolian (verse) mix example

  • @Psilocervine
    @Psilocervine 4 роки тому +2

    I found this channel through the Beatles claim thing, but I'm finding the videos here to be absolutely invaluable in terms of explaining theory and then following through with examples, this is great stuff

  • @The3fingers
    @The3fingers 10 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful atmospherics on the tune. Smooth, peaceful, and introspective. I could use listening more of this type! Peace Rick and thank you for the peaceful interlude.

  • @Guitargate
    @Guitargate 4 роки тому +3

    My improvising life changed forever when I realized the Major 6 is the 3rd of the MA 4 chord. Dorian for life!

  • @aaronclift
    @aaronclift 4 роки тому +38

    "Whipping Post" by The Allman Brothers is one of the most famous Dorian songs of all time.

    • @QuakerOaths
      @QuakerOaths 4 роки тому +13

      @@officialWWM you don't make the difference

    • @rknisple
      @rknisple 4 роки тому +9

      @@officialWWM thats incredibly unfortunate. I feel bad for you

    • @ambreewilliams6585
      @ambreewilliams6585 4 роки тому +4

      Even I heard of it... 👍🏾👍🏾

    • @diannehogan7605
      @diannehogan7605 4 роки тому +5

      @@officialWWM I'm Australian and I know the Allman Brothers Band well. They were well known if the 70s. If you like extended blues with lots of improvising check out 'Live at Filmore East'.

    • @aaronclift
      @aaronclift 4 роки тому +3

      @@officialWWM it's okay to not know about an older band if you're young, but now that you know about The Allman Brothers, I highly encourage you to check out their music.

  • @ValKitsakis
    @ValKitsakis 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for making these videos, Rick! I'm learning so much from you!

  • @FaresX2023
    @FaresX2023 3 роки тому

    I have started to write your explications on my bloc-notes. They're priceless and very helping, start to notice the improvement in my playing.
    Also your arrangement is legendary, I started late by my dream is to reach that level.
    Thanks Mr. Rick for all this valuable knowledge.

  • @Richard_Jones
    @Richard_Jones 4 роки тому +29

    Hey Rick, sounds like you could have a second (third/fourth?) career doing film scores. Though those arpeggiated sections might sound good in a fusion context too. Nice stuff.

  • @Parivadi_dasa
    @Parivadi_dasa 3 роки тому +4

    The Rain Song from LZ is dorian too, my favorite dorian song ever composed.

  • @austinberner31
    @austinberner31 4 роки тому

    Thanks for making these modal videos, Rick; they're awesome! I always understood the modes in theory, but these are really helpful in explaining them practically and showing their unique sounds.

  • @ChickenatorJr
    @ChickenatorJr 4 роки тому

    Rick, whenever you demonstrate modes, it's actually some of the most beautiful stuff!
    I really love the Lydian one \m/

  • @LTDLimiTeD1995
    @LTDLimiTeD1995 4 роки тому +15

    Whenever I hear a dorian scale on an acoustic lute type instrument, I'm suddenly in medieval times.

  • @noahkarnafel7463
    @noahkarnafel7463 4 роки тому +167

    A very popular Dorian tune is Oye Como Va by Santana

    • @aradder
      @aradder 4 роки тому +35

      *stares in Tito Puente*

    • @breakfast2093
      @breakfast2093 4 роки тому +32

      Or any Santana song

    • @noahkarnafel7463
      @noahkarnafel7463 4 роки тому +4

      aradder lmao

    • @raysaade
      @raysaade 4 роки тому +2

      @@aradder HAHAH

    • @renleblanc2993
      @renleblanc2993 4 роки тому +2

      This was really a much more obvious choice and is by far the most well known tune to really hammer home dorian . I feel like his pop rock examples weren't really helpful - still a great video though and love his compositions.

  • @alexmarnoch870
    @alexmarnoch870 4 роки тому +1

    Your composition is beautiful. Thank you for all your time and effort.

  • @pattyluss
    @pattyluss 4 роки тому +1

    Love your composition in this one, hauntingly beautiful! 👌😩👌

  • @fivewattworld
    @fivewattworld 4 роки тому +3

    My God Hypes! All the playing in this is just beautiful. "Haunting" is the word for it! Love these mode videos. I go back and watch them for inspiration.

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 роки тому +11

    I think Dorian might just be the most iconic and fulfilled mode due to the legends that have used them in the most iconic tunes! Always a pleasure to watch and learn from ye Rick!

    • @forprogress999
      @forprogress999 4 роки тому

      RC32 can u name some examples for us? I learn so much from rick AND his followers.

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 4 роки тому

      @@forprogress999 Santana is probably the best example. Oye Como Va or Soul Sacrifice come to mind for me

    • @dylanjwebmusic
      @dylanjwebmusic 4 роки тому

      Aeolian mode is the most used because its the same as natural minor. Then mixolydian because of how many rock songs use it (1 - b7 - 4 progressions). Then Dorian

  • @joewilliams3204
    @joewilliams3204 4 роки тому +1

    Love the Dorian composition! Well done Rick. I definitely need to explore Dorian possibilities. Thanks for the inspiration.

  • @Runaverse
    @Runaverse 3 роки тому +1

    Omg Rick, you are an amazing teacher and musician! I am so happy to have discovered you today. Thank you so much!

  • @keylonalmond8088
    @keylonalmond8088 4 роки тому +3

    That piece is incredible! Mad World by Tears for Fears is another great song in Dorian mode.

  • @pantone369c
    @pantone369c 4 роки тому +8

    The Dorian mode makes me thing of Type O Negative's "October Rust" album and that makes me happy.

  • @troyoswald5683
    @troyoswald5683 4 роки тому

    Thanks Rick! As always you are too good to us. WE ARE SO LUCKY!

  • @RedJin
    @RedJin 4 роки тому

    Your composition was dreamlike and ethereal. I have listened to it over and over. So lovely.

  • @c0il462
    @c0il462 4 роки тому +193

    I hear the Dorian mode is best played using D'Ddorian strings.

    • @fhqwhgads1670
      @fhqwhgads1670 4 роки тому +3

      Boooooooo! - -- sorry I meant, goddammit, here's your +1. now get out. :-)

    • @comajoebuck999
      @comajoebuck999 3 роки тому +3

      c0il bah dum tiss....

    • @dalekay9ine
      @dalekay9ine 3 роки тому

      Hahaha nice

    • @bobsmith3291
      @bobsmith3291 2 роки тому +1

      My nan wants her joke back

    • @Tubluer
      @Tubluer 2 роки тому

      The world don't need no more Phrygian puns. Bach off, man.

  • @fret2fret221
    @fret2fret221 4 роки тому +15

    Dorian is one of my favorites. Next to Lydian.

    • @josephbastidas3561
      @josephbastidas3561 4 роки тому +2

      For me it's the opposite, Lydian followed by Dorian. Both sound fantastic.

    • @JuddOakes
      @JuddOakes 4 роки тому +1

      Funny thing the same note that makes dorian unique is the same that makes lydian unique related to the parent major scale so no wonder why you like them both

    • @MrShagification
      @MrShagification 4 роки тому +1

      They have the perfect amount of dissonance

    • @luckyjinxer
      @luckyjinxer 4 роки тому

      Mixolydian. It feels like dirt roads to magical fairy kingdoms in the woods.

  • @forprogress999
    @forprogress999 4 роки тому

    These type of videos you do, Rick, are very informative and useful. Thank u!

  • @mikkolaitinen1925
    @mikkolaitinen1925 3 роки тому

    When I was about 15 I thought I had discovered something new and amazing. When I studied music some more turned out it was the dorian mode i had discovered. But it really spoke to me....even before I haf the comprehension of musical theory. Thanks Rick Beato! Your channel is truly awesome.

  • @discipleslim9506
    @discipleslim9506 4 роки тому +10

    Years after reading Miles Davis' autobiography, I now know what he meant when he critiqued John Coltrane for continuing to play "in the mode" after Davis had moved on to experimental fusion. Thank you.

  • @beautifulllife1234
    @beautifulllife1234 4 роки тому +5

    Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits uses the Dorian mode very well.

  • @jonnydion699
    @jonnydion699 4 роки тому +1

    Huge, huge fan of your stuff Rick!!! Great composition, btw🎵

  • @mirkopanichi461
    @mirkopanichi461 4 роки тому

    One of the most beautiful video of yours, thank you Rick!

  • @DCJayhawk57
    @DCJayhawk57 4 роки тому +55

    Isn't "Riders on the Storm" in E Dorian?
    Also, I believe the main soft melody of the Halo videogame series is in Dorian.
    I haven't analyzed this in detail, but I always associate this sound, along with Lydian, with Thomas Newman's scores. I know uses a lot of Lydian but I could swear there's Dorian in there, too!

    • @phoule76
      @phoule76 4 роки тому +2

      I was going to guess "The Rain Song".

    • @nintendude794
      @nintendude794 4 роки тому +1

      Someone else mentioned Newman and I realized the main theme of my fave film (Shawshank Redemption, which Thomas Newman scored) is in C Dorian.

    • @nintendude794
      @nintendude794 4 роки тому

      The Vomit err, maybe I misunderstand, but the middle section of the chant hangs on the fifth of E Dorian. The full chant goes as follows:
      E~/F#/G\F#/A\G\F#~\ E>~~...
      B/C#/D~\C#\A/C#\B>~...
      [\B/D/]E/G/A\F#~\E/G\F#\E/F#\D>~/~~~>...

    • @EricStrijbos
      @EricStrijbos 4 роки тому +4

      Dorian is also the first of the old church modes, so that makes sense for Gregorian chanting.

    • @Millie-kj5ju
      @Millie-kj5ju 4 роки тому +3

      I immediately thought of American beauty when I heard the opening notes

  • @williamrobinson7061
    @williamrobinson7061 4 роки тому +5

    Pat Martino's "convert to minor" idea was identified wrongly by one writer as natural minor, but it's Dorian. Also, the Dorian mode is symmetrical intervalically.

  • @Cammi-Cat-XIII
    @Cammi-Cat-XIII 4 роки тому

    Great video as always! I love your original composition and and beautiful video along with it!

  • @ton1c
    @ton1c 4 роки тому

    What a beautiful piece in the end Rick. Love it!

  • @pawnhearts8785
    @pawnhearts8785 4 роки тому +34

    Do enjoy the silence by Depeche Mode

    • @jazzandrocknroll3235
      @jazzandrocknroll3235 4 роки тому +5

      Schismatic Audio I love your profile picture! Pawn Hearts is a masterpiece, and Van der Graaf Generator is one of the best prog bands ever!

    • @deliusmyth5063
      @deliusmyth5063 4 роки тому +2

      I always enjoy the silence by Depeche Mode.

    • @useyourbrain2174
      @useyourbrain2174 4 роки тому +1

      ​@@deliusmyth5063 Yes, the silence before and after is the best part.

    • @flatterswhite
      @flatterswhite 4 роки тому +3

      Nice band/album profile picture

    • @rahimalik
      @rahimalik 4 роки тому +1

      Rick loves electronic music :)

  • @piromallo
    @piromallo 4 роки тому +10

    "Unfinished Sympathy" ending strings arrangement

  • @Knosferatu
    @Knosferatu 2 роки тому

    This 11 minute video made Dorian my favourite mode. Absolutely profound!

  • @louisaccardi2268
    @louisaccardi2268 2 роки тому +2

    That piece that you composed was beautiful and mystifyingly wonderful.