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Seven Dorian Scale Patterns
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Use the chord and scale charts below to help you with these patterns. Combine them with the videos. Use the backing tracks to help you put everything together on your own.
One of the biggest hurdles many guitarists face early in their development is being able to connect chords, scales and arpeggios in their playing without having to jump all over the fretboard between shapes.
Always having a scale under your fingers for every chord shape you use is a great way to learn the fretboard, providing you with soloing material at the same time.
This exercise will help get you into not only a little theory of how modes work, but also having seven dorian scale patterns with seven minor seventh chords on the 6th and the 5th strings in one general area on the neck.
This will be an amazing tool to help you learn the many aspects of using the dorian scale, and improve your soloing. We are covering
C dorian
C D Eb F G A Bb
D dorian
D E F G A B C A
E dorian
E F# G A B C# D
F dorian
F G Ab Bb C D Eb F
G dorian
G A Bb C D Eb F G
A dorian
A B C D E F# G A
B dorian
B C# D E F# G# A B
Free Demo Video
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Backing Tracks
Most exercises include backing tracks for you to practice with. They are also provided in the same tempos as the videos. Backing tracks are available for paid members only and are downloadable MP3 files.
Transcriptions
Every exercise includes a transcription in standard notation as well as guitar tab. The transcriptions are presented online and are also available for download as a PDF for printing or saving to your computer. The transcriptions are available for Paid Members of PracticeTheGuitar.com
