Guitar scales

Dorian Mode – Guitar

A minor scale with a raised 6th: the jazzy, funky minor sound of Santana and 'Oye Como Va'.

Formula: 1 – 2 – b3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – b7. The shapes are movable: learn them in one key and slide them to any other. Here it is in A, the most common key to learn it in.

A dorian mode on the whole neck

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A Dorian Mode on the whole neck, frets 0-15. Gold = the root (A).

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