Level up your solos: Dorian Pentatonic Concept

[@adonislajara6955]

i can't stop being amaze by the easy way you teached

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Adonis. Keep on playing!

[@stevebirks1]

Wow. Love the idea of using Bm pentatonic over A Dorian. Fantastic little modal hack.

[@muh2k4]

Excellent done

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you! :)

[@TheFullbend]

This is definetly the best way to get the sounds of modes. Once again Qjam is pure gold!!!

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Matheus! Real motivator 👍

[@JohnJones22856]

Very informative and easy to comprehend! Thank you!

[@hilmarholland3986]

Great Lesson

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Hilmar!

[@dougp2917]

Wish I had this presentation and demo of application years ago. Got out of the blocks wrong on modes - along with most of the populace I suppose....Thank you!

[@QJamTracks]

You're very welcome Doug. I'm glad it's useful for you!

[@houstonbodie7062]

InstaBlaster...

[@nadeemafzal8984]

Thank u - leant the borrowing scale today - so obvious but never occurred to me -

[@QJamTracks]

There's a first time for everything Nadeem

[@f.c.fortunehui4831]

Fact: the video itself is a good piece of music

[@BecketSolis]

this was the only video I needed this whole time, so simple, straight to the point, thanks!

[@moisesperez4605]

Great concept on your lesson today, will use it, just want to say that I am blind, visually impaired, and I do like the way you teach, always try to remember that you might have people that have low vision, so you want maybe to let us know Certain fingering on certain skills, but in this case, I know all the inner Pentatonix, major Pentatonix, and all those so it’s fairly easy for me to understand. Thank you. By the way, I just subscribed. Thank you.

[@parttroll1]

Perhaps one of the best videos to understand modal playing.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Craig!

[@smoothrider7521]

Wow awesome 👌

[@NymEight]

Keep makeing that kind of videos. It really helps to get the sound! Best regards!

[@QJamTracks]

Glad to hear that it's useful for you👍

[@rccarsandmusic2641]

That hexatonic also fits the second position of the Melodic minor.

[@MizuRino]

Awesome lesson!

[@legitghost5969]

Very short but informative video, just the video I need. Please cover other modes in pentatonic concept, thank you!

[@QJamTracks]

You're welcome! I will do some tuts about other modes and pentatonioc concepts.

[@legitghost5969]

@@QJamTracks Nice! Thanks!

[@sagarbantawarai672]

It helped me a lot ,thank you for your useful lesson..

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks! Nice to see that the video worked for you :)

[@dilshangunathilaka5551]

best explanation ever

[@kc8923]

Well explained. Quite advanced music theory for a lot of beginner or intermediate guitarists. Shame no backing track to try it out over.

[@QJamTracks]

Hi KC. Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJWxonh_jMyLiMk

[@wellstorm]

This is awesome! Thank you But could you explain pls, if 5th in Aminor may be a minor chord? We used to learn that dominant function os always major..

[@atanuduttamusicclassesadmc4626]

Great ..keep making this kinda videos

[@gtrarevnt]

Awesome, nice video !

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Gabriel!

[@EclecticEssentric]

Banging bro, thanks for your time and knowledge!

[@Hiwatt100W1]

Really great, succinct lesson- thank you very much! Really useful information for the developing guitar soloist

[@ivonsmith3095]

I love your work. But this seems a lot of explanation for a simple concept that a Dorian mode plus the typical minor pentatonic scale can be used in the right context. Overlayed. There are two simple concepts here: minor pentatonic as the 6th degree minor (aeolian) of the root. C maj + A min pent. Or the same minor pentatonic as the the 2nd degree minor (Dorian) of the root. G maj + Am min pent. But as I aid I do love you work. Very insightful and educational.

[@salsabilahmedshrestho960]

might be simple for you man

[@salsabilahmedshrestho960]

not easy for everyone

[@JordanNicouleaud]

Very interesting 👍

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Jordan!

[@CryAgony88]

is this concept applicable only to dorian mode or there are similar "tricks" for playing pentatonic on different modes? Amazing video!

[@QJamTracks]

Yes, it can be applied to other modes too. Example: The scale for the A Dorian pentatonic concept (Am pent. + major 6th F#) can also be played over C Lydian. Or: if you lower the fifth in a minor pentatonic scale it could sound Locrian. Or: If you add the minor 2nd to the minor pentatonic scale it sounds Phrygian.

[@CMM5300]

Don't forget Dorian pentatonic. 1 b3 4 5 6 Minor pentatonic is 1 b3 4 5 b7 So just change b7 to 6 IT'S a mode of the dominant pentatonic. (The other pentatonic NO one uses aka Dom 9 ) 1 2 3 5 b7

[@cr2843-q9f]

I think you are correct. The way he explains it at 3:40 adds a sixth note and a semi tone. I don't think that's right for pentatonic. I get it either way just sayin'.

[@lauroneto3360]

If the pentatonic is for keeping the notes with at least a whole step to each note, then adding the F# would make me quit the G automatically. That's how I thought. And it matched with the 2nd degree thing that is in the video. Cool.

[@Myrtone]

Yes, that would be the Dorian pentatonic. Does anyone here know of any songs that actually use it?

[@istillsuckatguitar]

QJam might be the best free service in the world.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!! Nice to hear that :)

[@yonikup2865]

Great video! Myxolidian or lydian next?

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Yoni! I will do all the modes. I just need the make time for it :)

[@이오니언-y5v]

So play the Bm pentatonic instead of Am pentatonic?

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

wish i'd found this a few years ago.

[@sublimetrance]

I just thought of this today and then thought to see if anyone had noticed as well. Then found your video. So could you properly call this new scale the Dorian pentatonic if you remove one of the other notes from the minor pentatonic?

[@QJamTracks]

It's true that this concept is a six note scale, which makes it impossible to call this a pentatonic scale. Therefor I call it a concept instead of a scale. But you're right I guess. If you would omit one note from the pentatonic scale and add a raised 6th, it would be a proper pentatonic scale. Is that what you mean?

[@downhill240]

Interesting!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!

[@iyoenginco]

You’re amazing!

[@kytronnbueno1428]

Thank You!

[@_sonicfive]

I am excited to be in the comments section

[@marvinhuttermann2298]

So this should work for phrygian as well, if I add a b2 to the pentatonic, right?

[@Henrix1998]

At that point just add II as well

[@enaig07]

Hi. Correct me if im wrong. So if a particular song is written on a A Dorian its key is Em?

[@QJamTracks]

Not quite. The dorian mode is the 2nd mode of a major scale. So G major is the scale of which A dorian is extracted. However, as you probably know, G major and E minor share the same notes.

[@enaig07]

@@QJamTracks thanks. I was just wondering on how to use a dorian mode on a particular chord progression.

[@ulyssesjosephallosada1946]

what if the note is already sharp? should I sharp it again ? example: F# already there should I turn it to G ?

[@QJamTracks]

Hi. If the note you have to raise is already a sharpened note than it becomes a so called double sharpened note. F# becomes F##. Theoretically you should not call this note a G, but in fact you're playing the note G (enharmonically the same note).

[@ulyssesjosephallosada1946]

@@QJamTracks yeah I know its enharmonic I was just confused thanks man. I was just sort a new to this music theory thing..

[@MarkMillions-i3k]

so A Dorian is g major no?

[@QJamTracks]

A Dorian is the second mode of G major. It uses the same notes but the tonic is A and not G. Therefor the structure and sound of the scale is verry different (starting with the quality: A Dorian is minor).

[@urzathehappy72]

wouldnt that be a dorian hexatonic scale since its 6 notes

[@Perionian]

Thanks for lesson. Just want to mention that you can't JUST make a dorian sounding guitar solo using the notes from the 2nd scale degree pentatonic. Bmin pentatonic is missing the C and the G, both of which are essential for the giving the A dorian mode its characteristic minor sound. I'm not criticising the video, just adding my advice

[@pinx5976]

can i do the same with all the other modes and the pentatonic?

[@QJamTracks]

Yes you can :)

[@jclev99]

A Dorian is the second mode of the G major scale, not B minor

[@QJamTracks]

Nowhere in the video is said that A Dorian is the second mode of B minor. Bm has two sharps, far away from the A Dorian mode which has only one sharp and is indeed the second mode of G major. What I tried to make clear is that you can borrow the minor pentatonic scale of the second degree to play over the Dorian mode, which is a common thing to do. Bm pentatonic over A Dorian. In this scale you got the root 'A', the fifth 'E', and the raised sixth 'F#'. There's no 'C#'. So this scale will do the job and creates diversity.

[@jclev99]

@@QJamTracks Gotcha. But what about A Durian?

[@markgillespie7591]

Very informative,but this ain’t Joe 😑

[@megashredderofkate]

great explanation! got a sub from me! have a great day :)

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Chris and welcome to the club :)

[@cymonsorlo5761]

Love your lessons unllike famous channels fille with bs

[@giovannigiuliani3626]

E minor SHAEAVEN

[@QJamTracks]

:) Must be my Dutch mixing with English

[@Wind-nj5xz]

This is technically a hexatonic scale

[@QJamTracks]

You are absolutely right. That's why I don't call it a pentatonic scale, but a concept build on the minor pentatonic scale.

[@ishaboy5090]

Shseven

[@RandomVelocity]

Background music is super annoying

[@ClarenceM.-mg8rt]

Thank you!!!