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Summary: Learn tips on how to play a dorian mode in the A major scale on the cello in this free video clip on musical instruments and music theory.
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The Dorian mode is using the second note in the scale and revolving the melodies around that note. The second note in your A major scale is your B. And continuing the A major scale upward to the next B. So, those scales give a specific feel to the music itself. An example would be. Slightly different feel than the straight A major scale, but all those notes that I played were in the A major scale. So let's look on a per note basis. So it's B, C sharp, D, E, F sharp, G sharp, A, B. So.