Last week my friend who hasn't Been playing long came over for a jam.
He played different chord progressions without telling me what it was, and I tried to jam over it by ear, so we both benefitted from the night.
On one progression, I found myself playing the notes of c major scale, and it sounded very Latin like. When i asked what key it was in, he said "I think d minor", because that was the first chord of the progression.
At the time I thought it sounded cool and i jumped to the conclusion I must be playing d Dorian.
However, the day after it occurred to me that I shouldn't get that sound from a Dorian solo, and my friend can't remember what the progression was.
I have struggled to recreate it, but I would love to be able to get that sound on purpose.
I just wonder, does anybody have an idea what the progression might have been, or what sort of mode I might have been using?
I know it's a long shot but I have no idea.
Thanks, Al
"I like to play that guitar. I have to stare at it while I'm playing it because I'm not very good at playing it."
Noel Gallagher (who took the words right out of my mouth)
A number of Latin songs (think Santana) use the dorian. If you were using G, then it might have been like "Evil Ways," where most of the progression is Dm and G major with an occasional pass at the A chord (at which point D melodic minor would work nicely).
Obviously without hearing you two this is pure speculation! But it is very common in Latin rock type of music.
Hope this helps.
Peace
Try droning the low E note while practicing E Dorian. That should help bring out the Dorian sound.
