How To Write Dorian Mode Melodies

[@WriteASong]

Discover more about the Dorian mode kzbin.info/aero/PLxJaS3gjOSqoWgpR3-1q_fJz-g8J_g9_S

[@LohPro]

as mentioned here, i too started music making by playing mostly chords first, but when i started studying modal forms, it changed my mindset. now, i often allow the chords to "vamp" in the background & focus more on the bassline & melodies. the chords sort of act as a "padding" or foundation, for the bass & melodies to play over. using the other modes besides Major (Ionian) & minor (aeolian), allow for some really cool ideas to be heard.

[@Mihai_9999]

A series on modal melodies? Fuck yeah.

[@dkpitt3912]

Great stuff!

[@WriteASong]

Thanks!

[@christopherheckman7957]

The verse sounds (to me) like middle-period Beatles, especially the Bm-Bb melody. (Of course, they played around with modal interchange in their songwriting.) I suppose that writing basslines will be pretty much the same as melodies, without as many notes.

[@WriteASong]

It can be, depends what sort of bassline you write. For example, some people use the bass to follow the chord changes.

[@christopherheckman7957]

The complete song is the same as the one in "How To Write Dorian Mode Riffs". I don't know whether you put the wrong one here, or whether that was intentional.

[@WriteASong]

They are built up over 3 videos, so first I show you the chord progressions, then the melody and finally the riffs. I should probably have made this clearer!