The Dorian Mode Explained 

So happy to see this series of teaching comeback

Dorian mode comes from the province of Doros on the island of Crete and means gift. Beware Greeks baring gifts. The mode is soft dark and mysterious but the major sixth gives the gift of light. The Spartans were Dorian fierce warriors with long red hair and spears. They safeguard the kingdom of Sparta for Hercules who was gifted it by Zeus. Dorian.

I have studied Professor Beato's videos now for 10 or 11 years and I while I enjoy every one of them, I appreciate these "white board" classes most of all. I'm not a guitarist so seeing these classes from the keyboard vantage point is just so much more helpful. Thank you Professor. I appreciate you and wish you continued success with your work.

This is so refreshing and made me nostalgic that how I used to watch these vedioes. ❤❤❤❤

Ive been classicaly trained for 7 years, now im 15, i wish to be a pioneer of prog rock and i have 2 bands, a Yes tribute band, and an original jazz fusion band. Ive been listening to other bands (appart from Yes) like Gentle Giant, Genesis... and many many many and i mean many that use this scale. Bands like this make me have a dream, the dream to make music and for millions of people to love, yet bringing the complexity of music again. Thanks Beato, although you might not read this comment, i am heavily proud to comment this.

More of this, Rick. I love modes and I'd love to learn more about them specifically by you, Rick.

Thank you, Rick. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to create this. Beautiful composition of yours, by the way.

Also thank you for interspersing the verbal and visual examples with audio examples of how these things sound. Really helps for ear training and just getting a sense of the application of these sorts of concepts!

At last, this is so beautiful. Thank you Rick. Reminds me of when I discovered your channel 7 years ago❤

I clicked on this assuming it was going to be a reposted old video from the main channel - so it's a really pleasant surprise that it's something new. I'm thrilled that your're doing this white board type of video again. It looks great, too - much better filmed than the older videos. And the content is just fantastic - I love that you talk about sus chords - people often overlook them. I'm so grateful for this type of video, very helpful and inspirational, thanks.

That composition was beautiful! It reminded me a lot of Poppy Ackroyd's work. I enjoy your content tremendously, from the teaching, to the interviews, to the rants! Thank you!

Great episode, thank Rick! I love the way you can see the tones and frequencies physically and emotionally affecting you.

Rick, you are very appreciated for all you share with us !

I *LOVE* videos like this. Not only are you awesome with teaching this stuff, but you tie it back to the music I know, love, and would like to apply the theory to in you other videos. The more academic path really complements you more -- pop culture and history path!

Love the deep dive teachings. This is great you’re returning to this type of content.

Understanding the basis of modes is great but exploring them like that brings me to another level. My father wasn't much of a music teacher. Thanks for plugging the hole Rick.

For me having C in the root is way more accesible when learning modes - it keeps a consistent center to make you focus better on the mode steps and differences between modes:)

You're the best, Rick. Thank you. The world is richer for you being in it.

Looking forward to this series, thank you Rick!

Incredible teaching, learnt more in 16 minutes than years of struggling with notes/scales. And the original composition was beautiful too !

This mode also has a Raised Rick at 0:59.

When teachers show you first the final results of the journey you'll spend some time venturing is the best way to convey a lesson's goal and potential and I'm surprised that only a very small set of people do that. You're a great teacher, Rick!

Beautiful piece in E Dorian, Rick! WOW!! Great video! Cheers!

I discovered you through these kinds of videos and especially the 'Secrets of Film Composing' series (and 'What Makes This Song Great,' of course). I am really glad to see these are coming back again.

Im so glad you open the video with a piece in the mode. Thats how any music related tutorial should start; with listening

Amazing stuff Rick!! So glad you're going back to the roots. Can't wait for the other videos to come out!!!

Great video! One of the best channels on RU-vid. Thank you Rick!

gorgeous . . . great to have the series back!

I absolutely loved this. You have a knack of demystifying this stuff so well. I look forward to more of this.

Knowledge of The Seven Natural Modes is SUCH a powerful tool for a creative musician. You've certainly squeezed a lot from the Dorian upon E there Rick! And the composition is lovely, really enjoyable. 🎶🌟👍

I am so glad that you're getting back to this! I'm watching this for the second time today as I used your awesome piece to practice this morning! There's a beautifully "hopeful" quantity to the Dorian mode, especially with the use of that Lydian triad! You definitely got some of the juices flowing today!

You keep saying we're in D major, which is critical for understanding how the Dorian scale is built, BUT, there's a major disconnect when you write the numbers above the scale -- 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 -- because those describe how the pitches are altered FROM E MAJOR; you HAVE TO say that or it doesn't make sense.

Its easy to just sat E dorian is the D major scale starting on the 2nd tone, but when you start explaining all the chords and progressions it takes on a completely different level of complexity that actually takes study to understand. Great lesson Rick, will be ordering the bundle soon. Your the best sir

I love the Dorian sound. Lydian has a light-happy sound. Almost playful. I guess that’s why it’s used in films. Life without music would totally suck. Music is the gift that keeps on giving. It’s an amazing journey!

You're looking good! This is a great way to get the SOUND in your head! Thank you, sir.

I missed this video series dearly! Beautiful presentation as always!

This is what I look forward to! Thank you Rick!

Awesome! 🤘🏽🔥 Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏽

Rick you enrich my life in so many ways. As you played your Dorian composition I swear I could feel it was you.

I'm a musician with a few albums under my belt, mostly collaborative works, and song writer with only an instinctive idea of music theory. Your videos are a Godsend, mate. Thank you.

So glad man. This stuff is seriously helpful. Lords work Rick as always.

I have learned so much from this video series. Thank you Rick.

Awesome composition Rick!!!

Awesome! Really happy to see this. Thank you!

Thank You Rick !!

That was awesome, Rick! So useful.

Yes, thank you Rick. We recently purchased a piano keyboard for the kids, hopefully this series will help and inspire.

Whiteboard lectures!!!❤❤❤ As cool as it is to hear an interview with Sting this is why I fell in love with this channel. Thanks Rick.

So inspiring. Thank you Rick

Rick you’re the best! You always have such great content and I try to keep up with it but I’m always amazed how to can manage and do everything that you do! I mean juggling with creative content, family matters and all the great artist you interview Wow. Cheers

If only I had this knowledge when I started playing 45 years ago. Rick, you are a treasure my friend.

Rick, I have been playing piano since 6 years of age (I am your age). My piano teacher was a wonderful teacher; steeped in classical instruction and music theory. I picked up trumpet, vibes, and French horn at age 11. I made the critical mistake not continuing music theory study through the years even though I play to this day. I want to thank you for these theory courses because I have desperately wanted and needed informative and engaging instruction such as this. When I am able to find a job and have a bit of disposable income, I am going to purchase your Beato Bundle because I want your more detailed courses and also want to learn guitar; an instrument I love but never learned to play. I have short, stubby fingers and always thought the guitar would be too difficult to play. Thanks again for your wonderful instruction and informative artist videos.

Oh man Rick missed so much this kind of videos! I gotta admin didnt follow much of you commentary kind of content but definetly this is why I started to follow you!

Great Video Rick. I love your explanation of the Dorian mode and how you can use it.

Bravo! So good to see you teaching this. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you....

That was amazing, thanks!

Ohh great!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, Rick

Beautiful original piece and the lansdscapes you paired them with were extraordinary. Perfect match. I'm a drummer slowly learning piano and greatly appreciate how you teach. Keep doing what you do.

The video quality is astounding

WOW! I love the piece you composed. It immediately took me to a cross between Chip Davis (Mannheim) and Kevin Moore (Dr. Theat. orig. keys). Loved it and the instruction on this afterward was great. Thank you, RickOmatic!

Thank you for being a teacher!❤

Excellent video Rick, love this style.

That was a great lesson. I learned so much about structuring and layering chords. Thank you Ric. 👍

This is amazing. My whole guitar-playing life the modes have just been a series of strange sounding scale progressions, but seeing and understanding the logic of the enabled triads opens up my mind completely. Makes sense!

What an amazing piece of music, Rick

Thank you for starting it again!

I 'm impressed by the level of music knowledge you have. I wish I could be already there. A Fan from South of France

Excellent explanation and Demonstrations. The Dorian Mode is a noodling fave of mine for a very long time.

I loved the video! Im saving this one for reference

Rick, your composition is amazing. Such clever usage of dorian mode techniques! I could listen to that all night!

I LOVE these whiteboards, Rick!

Yeah!!!! Happy to hear this!!

Great lesson Rick.

We need this type of video explaining every mode of the major scale and maybe every mode of harmonic minor. Rick is a God at music

Very clear and comprehensible video Rick. Thank you. Perhaps I am further along now but, often I was left in the WHAT? zone. I loved the inclusion of the sus4 angle. The attic got a little brighter. I do have your bundle but, I got it before the guitar module. I'll have to pick that up. I do hope you continue in this bite sized format.

YES! Go Rick! Love these.

OMG HOORAY!!!!!!! Rick!! Thank you so much for this!!!!!!! You are a legend sir!!!!!

Thank you for doing this series from scratch

Thank you, that's a very nicely presented explanation, I'll be pointing a few people at this one.

Thanks, keep it coming.

Fantastic, Rick!!! Hurray!!

Hiya oh my thank you so much . Beautiful composition and visuals too . Thank you for sharing. The lesson amazing 🙏💚💙

Badly looking forward for the Phrygian / Lydian lectures as well... Really adore your teaching & much love 🙏🙏👍🎉

I've always loved your videos but I didn't know that you were such a great composer!

Thank you, Rick! Glad to see the whiteboard lectures again!

Thank you Rick! I love this. I feel like most privileged person on earth having you as my tutor in music theory via your excellent videos 😀👍

This so intereseting and informative, opens up such wonderful sounds. I'll have to watch it a lot as my memory is really dreadful, it's a medical thing but watching this stuff helps with my memory too, win win.

This just blows me away. I can feel my brain cells growing! I studied music at a major university many years ago- jazz too- we didn’t learn any of this stuff then. Or perhaps my brain wasn’t ready for it yet!

I've always just played these kinda voicing on the piano as they're what I feel but didn't know that There's a whole theory behind it. you are doing great work Rick!

❤ awesome video Ric, very inspiring for me to try out on my keyboard and come up with new voicings for music like a cook book recipe with music 🎶

Thank YOU!!

OMG this is so good. Thank you Rick.

This is so cool- I learn these scales from someone else who just showed me the pattern and didn't explain any of the logic behind it. So, I'm looking at what Rick has laid out here thinking "Thats not the Dorian scale I learned, I must've been shown wrong." then I worked it out- it is the scale I learned, just laid out differently. When it's all played on one string it just seems different. The way this stuff simplifies down to the same thing- is so cool. It's just like doing maths where you learn to check your self by inputting the answer you got and seeing if you can backward engineer it back into the equation you just solved. I wish I understood how they derived the chords from each note though- how do they know if it's minor, major, diminished? I mean I can memorize the pattern for each scale but- there has to be some way to logic it out- right? Man- these suspended chords sound so good- this is what I've been missing. This lesson is like a huge breakthrough for me Rick- thank you so much. I'm starting to understand why so many ppl learn theory on piano to- I've got to get a good keyboard. I can already transpose what I know from playing guitar to the piano- it's simple. I can find all my chords and stuff- I just need to get my fingers used to the mechanics of playing. But having all the notes laid out in succession like that- instead of broken up over six strings that are redundant- makes things much more straight forward. Besides, Jan Hammer plays some of the best guitar solos I've ever heard- on his keyboard. That man is a freak of nature- he does things with his keyboard I can't copy with my real guitar.

Very Informative Rick thank you 🙏🏿 💯🎼🫡

This has been rather helpful. I know what modes are, but I'm still working on hiw to use them. I look forward to the rest of the series.

Great video!

Please please please more of these with all the modes

Now you're talking!!! Your composition here is exactly what I have been waiting to hear from you!!! Nice video, too!

So emotive…that music at the beginning

Love these kind of lessons! 👍