Vamp
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Lessons

Song Examples

Dorian

Minor with a raised 6th - jazzy, sophisticated

Intervals
12♭3456♭7
Characteristic

♮6 (natural 6th)

Quality
minor

i7 - v9

The i7 - v7 vamp is shared with Aeolian, so if you play this vamp it’ll sound ambiguous between Aeolian and Dorian. But the uniquely Dorian way to play this is by changing the v7 to a v9 - the 9th here is the scale’s 6th. You have a lot of creative freedom about how heavily you want to hammer the 6th, i.e. exactly how Dorian you want the song to sound.

Note that there’s no diatonic 13th for a v7 chord - that would be the mode’s major 3rd, and Dorian doesn’t have a major 3rd.

i7 - v9

Variants

  • i7 - v9 — The full Dorian sound (the Dorian’s 6th is the chord’s 9th).
  • i7 → v7 — Ambiguous between Aeolian and Dorian until the 6th appears somewhere else.
  • i7 → v11 — Like v9 but with an added color. Often voiced without a 3rd for a more open sound.

Chords

i7
D F A C
v9
A C E G B

Interactive Piano

i7
v9
120 BPM
Playing: D - F - A - C
CDEFGABCDEFGAB