Discover the Nice Quality of the DORIAN MODE

We explore the qualities of the Dorian mode and the Dorian minor 13 chord. When improvising we can achieve a very consonant, stable and pleasant sound using the Dorian scale. We seek the theoretic reason why.

A Jazz tutorial about Dorian improvisation.
Advanced music theory - explained in a simple way!

You may also want to see these videos about the Dorian Mode:

Translations of the English subtitles to Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French by Edgardo Solano from Colombia. Thank you so much Edgardo!!! You can turn on the subtitles and choose a language in the video settings.

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Warm regards
Oliver Prehn

[fahmifajriansyah]

After 15 years of self taught in piano... I finally understand what Dorian mode is... Thank you Sir Oliver Prehn

[UtkrishtSeth]

Whether you know about music or not, this is so relaxing to just listen to

[yahorwt]

This is incredible.
Last hour I watched three of your videos about modes and.. finally figured out what is going on! This lesson has just finish the composition.

Dorian - is a Home. The mode where I want to stay forever. It is consonant. Balanced. Perfectly.

I was very close to this answer.. Once I noticed, that the Dorian is in the middle of the modes Row. Balance. Home.

When you go up you gradually lost your connection to your Home, you gain the power and the will to go higher to the new one. You already have told about it when took an approach to add the next pentatonic pattern after the lydian mode; you said that c# become more proper, more pleasant to hear than the C. The reason is that new home was reached. The walls were ruined. New balance was established.

The same thing is about the opposite movement - to the dark, lower. The locrian tension tells us "Please, make something!! Get high if you have enough power, or give up and accept your new home - home one semitone lower!!"

Thanks a lot for your lessons. You help me to complete my picture of music. And also you inspired me to search for new sounds, new landscapes.

There is still lots of thing waiting for us to discover it!

(sorry for all the mistakes - I'm not native English speaker).

[paolomaggi]

I have no words!!! Every lesson i discover an incredible amount of new thinghs explained in an unbelievable clear way| Thank you Oliver!!!

[suscat]

Your voice is more pleasant than the dorian mode itself!

[myfavsandlikes]

WOW! I just started understanding how modes really work as far as why they sound different from the perspective of their particular harmonic individualities in respect to the intervals that identify each, but i didn’t know this! I feel like this just unlocked a whole new level of understanding for me and i’m already seeing all the creative possibilities and how fun music can really be now. If you showed me this video a year ago i would have been totally lost. So glad i finally GET IT! It’s such a great feeling to finally feel like it’s all coming together. I really think this is what i needed all this time to fully commit to a practice regimen. I play guitar, so little different than keyboard, but now i really WANT TO practice the different triads shapes and arpeggios and perfect my technique. I never had this motivation before because i didn’t feel like i could see the big picture. Anyways, TYSM for this video! It opened my eyes.

[FRODOPIANO]

Thank you! I like your calm and chill talking 😊

[monava]

Excellent use of hi-tech graphics -- superior video thank you so much!

[zcvs-xk]

I will never say you Thank you enough!!! Your You tube channel it's so full of inspiring content... Thank You Oliver for have been creating it and keep sharing hungriness of music with your precious channel and community!!!

[shirleyregina]

Though I'm a biginner i find your lessons not only good but easy to grasp. Thank you sir 😊

[ljpimentel]

That was incredible, you are a great teacher and musician

[NomeDeArte]

Mindblowing, thank you and best regards from Argentina!

[onelovetao]

always a pleasure to learn from you sir!

[sonder]

You earned yourself a subscriber, Ive known partial music theory and have played instruments all my life, and you make it so easy and calming. Your teaching is like the flow of water

[IshaanNigamOfficial]

Beautifully explained sir. Much love from India❤️

[SamuelPeckman]

This was very helpful. I like your slow pace and the repeated playing of the notes. Thank you very much.

[ramemi]

What a great and pleasant video to watch, thank you!

[absa]

such sound of eternal and serene, thanks for the clear explanation!

[michaelg]

Nice lesson by the way, your previous one on hand grips shifted my focus alot, i adapted it to my own method swapping it to index, middle, and ring fingers using the thumb and pinky in a more auxillary fashion and my playing speed greatly increased in a few days time.

[TheBionemesis]

The Dorian scale is just a natural minor scale with the major 6, and sounds amazing