Playing The Dorian Scale
There are two more Scales, after the Major Scale and Minor Scale, that every serious harmonica player must learn. The first of these is the Dorian Scale, sometimes called the Dorian Minor Scale. It can be used to play songs in musical traditions as diverse as those of the blues and sea chanteys.
The Dorian Scale, which when used in the blues tradition forms the basis for Third Position blues harmonica playing, as explained in Progressive Blues Harmonica, is most easily played between the 4 and 8 holes without need for bending.
Playing the Reverse Dorian Scale
You’ll be able to play the following songs easily if you practice playing the Dorian Scale from high end to low end also.
Supplementary Songbook: Part Six
- You are now ready to begin to play the songs in Part Six of the Progressive Harmonica Supplementary Songbook.
Class Sessions
1- About Improvisation
2- Playing With Others
3- Playing The Dorian Scale
4- Playing The Minor Scale
5- Triplet Rhythms
6- More Train Time
7- Some Holiday Hits
8- About Classical Music
9- More Songs That Use Partial Beats
10- Rhythm Variations On The Doublet Pattern
11- More Rhythm: Breaking Beats Into Parts
12- The Cross Town Twelve Bar Blues
13- SECTION TWO
14- INTRODUCTION
15- More Songs
16- About The Alternate Major Scales
17- More Simple Songs With One Note Per Beat
18- About the Major Scale
19- Playing Songs And Rhythms From Notation
20- About Written Notation Systems for the Harmonica
21- About Single Notes: Read, But Don’t Worry
22- Harmonica Chords
23- Playing to the Basic Beat
24- Holding the Harmonica
25- Which Harmonica To Use With This Book
26- About The Supplementary Songbook