To celebrate the completion of Improvising with Modes & Loops β For Ambient & Shoegaze Guitar, Iβd like to share one of the visual resources from the course with the whole community.
This Dorian Modal Palette explores Dorian not simply as a scale, but as an emotional environment β a space somewhere between darkness and hope, often associated with spacious melodies, earthy grooves, and atmospheric improvisation.
Personally, I often hear Dorian as a warm, grooving and psychedelic sound world, evoking desert landscapes, hypnotic repetition and late-night modal explorations.
How do you hear Dorian? Iβd love to know what images, emotions or musical landscapes this mode evokes for you.
Happy exploring πΈπ