QuickStart Scale Fingerings - C Dorian Summary

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The Dorian scale (C D Eb F G A Bb C`), its scale and mode are a popular and common scale and tonality in contemporary music.

The Characteristic Scale Step for the Dorian mode is the 6th. With the Primary chords (triads) the I chord and the major and minor triads with the 7th present — the I , II , and IV . The primary chords the Cm Dm F

Songs that use the chords from the Dorian Scale Mode for some or all of the song.

• Billie Jean — Michael Jackson
• Breathe — Pink Floyd
• Don't Bother Me — The Beatles
• Drunken Sailor
• Eleanor Rigby — The Beatles
• Evil Ways — by Clarence "Sonny" Henry popularized by Santana
• Heart-Shaped Box — Nirvana
• I Can't Dance — Genesis
• Iye Como Va — Tio Puente and popularized by Carlos Santana
• Karma Police — Radiohead
• Lotus Flower — Radiohead
• Lucky — Radiohead
• Maiden Voyage — Herbie Hancock
• Milestones — Miles Davis
• Money — Pink Floyd
• Moondance — Van Morrison
• No Quarter — Led Zeppelin
• Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has FLown) — The Beatles
• Owner Of A Broken Heart — Yes
• Purple Haze — Jimi Hendrix
• Riders On The Storm — The Doors
• Scarbourgh Fair
• So What — Miles Davis
• Stairway To Heaven — Led Zeppelin
• Supersonic — Oasis
• Thriller — Michael Jackson
• Wicked Game — Chris Isaak
• Woodstock — Joni Michell

Practice Tips

• Root, (the letter name of the scale) to the Octave — Ascending,
• Octave to Root — Descending
• Random Order — Start on any note of the scale and end on any note of the scale. The scales can be extended below and above the root on the staring string and above the octave on the ending string.
• Start on Any Finger, Any String — The QUICKSTART Scale and Arpeggio Series of books have example fingering solutions for starting on each finger and string.