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TapDance · Post by **TapDance** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 6:18 am

Hello,

In reference to the following article;

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/ ... modes.html

Where it says:

"For the Am chord, you could use any minor mode (this time using A as your tonic). So, you could play A Dorian, A Phrygian, A Aeolian, or combine the three in various ways over your Am chord. "

Where is the A Dorian scale ???? I only see the G Dorian scale.

Anybody can shine some light as to what he referencing to when he says thr above quotes'
thanks

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:29 pm

The A Dorian is the G major scale starting on the second degree.

G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G = G Major
A-B-C-D-E-F#--G-A = A Dorian

ImNotDedYet · Post by **ImNotDedYet** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:49 pm

And A Phrygian would be the F Major scale, starting on A so...

A - Bb - C - D - E - F - G - A

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:14 pm

A Dorian is the second mode of G Ionian which corresponds with G major. Equally, G Ionian is the seventh mode of A Dorian. A Dorian is_not 'the G major scale starting on its second degree A'; that will be the G major scale starting on its second degree A. IE: 'G major' means G is tonic; 'A Dorian' means A is tonic. A Dorian is A Dorian, it is_not G major. Just as A Phrygian is the third mode of F Ionian while F Ionian is the sixth mode of A Phrygian. It is_not F major.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:36 pm

TapDance wrote:Hello,

In reference to the following article;

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/ ... modes.html

Where it says:

"For the Am chord, you could use any minor mode (this time using A as your tonic). So, you could play A Dorian, A Phrygian, A Aeolian, or combine the three in various ways over your Am chord. "

Where is the A Dorian scale ???? I only see the G Dorian scale.

Anybody can shine some light as to what he referencing to when he says thr above quotes'
thanks

This is a "unfortunately" very common misconception of what modes are. What the author means is that you can play notes that are common to each of those modes when starting in the note A over the chord of Am. In fact, you are still playing in the tonality of Am, and nothing else, except that you use some altered notes in order to embellish or create tension/interest melodically. It's as simple as that.

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