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Hi David, I'm working on this month's membership song Lil Surly and whilst learning the Em Dorian scale and felt more like it wants to resolve to D. After scratching my head a while I saw that the F# and C# are straight out of the Dmaj scale, interesting, but my ears won't let it resolve to E. More work required.
David, from my understanding, E Dorian is the 2nd mode of the D Major Scale. It contains exactly the same 7 notes as D Major but starts on another note......E. Maybe our fearless leader can clarify which notes are the best ones to resolve to besides the root. Hope this helped.
I think it might help if you start using the more as passing notes at first. For the c# for example, I like the sequence b-c#-e to get used to the 6th sound of the c# rather than Maj7 (in a Dmaj context). for the F# you could try e-f#-g/g#-e. Another thing that helps me is putting a pedaltone over the scale im practicing. So, let the E string ring out while you play the scale from E to E and try to slide into the color tones (c#.f#) from time to time to really get a feel for how they sound different over E. Or play a steady bass and do the same. Generally it helps to add notes that resolve to E more strongly like the 3rd and 5th, into the run. Hope that helps :D
