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How to Play the Dorian Mode in A on Cello

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Summary: Learn tips on how to play a dorian mode in the A major scale on the cello in this free video clip on musical instruments and music theory.

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As an Austin multi-instrumentalist musician, Francis Joseph Santori composes and performs live electronic music playing electiric and acoustic instruments such as bass, sarod, oud,...read more

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"The Dorian mode is using the second note in the scale and revolving the melodies around that note. The second note in your A major scale is your B. And continuing the A major scale upward to the next B. So, those scales give a specific feel to the music itself. An example would be. Slightly different feel than the straight A major scale, but all those notes that I played were in the A major scale. So let's look on a per note basis. So it's B, C sharp, D, E, F sharp, G sharp, A, B. So."

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