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Dorian Mode Musical Scales: Root of C

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Summary: Learn how to play Dorian musical scales in the root of C in this free online music theory lesson on video.

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Dorian Mode Musical Scales: Root of C

So now we are going to go over C Dorian. So C is the second note of the scale of B flat major so we are actually going to keep D flat major right here. I'm going to notate that on the staff here. We've got B flat major, 2 flats and you just start off with the scale. So you have C, D, E flat, F, G, A, B flat. So keep in mind that you have a minor third and a minor 7 now. It is notated within the key that we are in and remember that we talked about Dorian as our natural minor chord so this is just a minor scale. So minor equals Dorian. Now we are going to show you on the keyboard, so here's our B flat major scale but C is our root now. So we have C and you can hear it has that minor sound. So that is our first mode, the Dorian mode which is our minor mode which we derive our minor scale from and our minor chords out of. So when you think minor, think Dorian.

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