Writing Powerful Dorian Dad Rock in 6/8 – Riffing with Modes #2

Skip to 15:50 to hear the full dorian dad rock demo! Buy the Ultimate Modal Poster: https://bit.ly/30vHeWc Confused about Dorian? Watch my lesson here: https://youtu.be/hyZPcYf1Pe4 There is an ERROR here at 13:48, the “bVI – bVII – I” chords are incorrectly labeled – should be “Bb – C – Dm. (thanks icanplaytehdrums)
Riffing with Modes part 1 (Ionian) found here: https://youtu.be/gbNLhx2eCXs
Dorian is capable of way more than just jazz and funk. This video teaches how to write riffs with the Dorian mode, and also how to arrange those riffs into a full song. We explore a little bit of modal interchange, by borrowing from the parallel minor key, but mostly focus in on the 2nd mode.
Don’t take me too seriously when I say that dad rock isn’t “too complicated or insightful”. I’m generalizing, for better or for worse.
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FAQ:
Q: Why does your song sound like “Turn The Page”?
A: Because the chord progression for that song is the same- except it is in E dorian instead of D, and this song the chord changes every measure instead of every two. Also he sings the lyric “There I go”, and I sing the lyric “There he goes”
Q: Why does your song sound like Metallica?
A: Because I’m trying to sound like James Hetfield
Q: Why does your song sound like Bon Jovi’s “Wanted: Dead or Alive”?
A: Because it’s played on an acoustic guitar, the tonal center is D, and I bend the minor third into that twangin territory.
Q: Why does your song sound like Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name”?
A: Because of that big major IV chord in the prechorus that resolves to the tonic. It’s heard in the prechorus of both songs.
Q: Why does your song remind me of “Norweigan Wood” by the Beatles?
A: Because the pick-strumma-strumma in 6/8 is similar to the pick-strumma-strumma in that song.

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