DORIAN TONALITY
Resting Tone
Tonal Sequence
Essential Harmonic Functions
First Steps: Listen
Start by watching these videos to get the sound of Dorian in your audiation.
Next Step: Patterns
Tonal patterns and rhythm patterns are the words of music.
Verbal Association Patterns
Listen and echo
Listen to these patterns with tonal solfege, breathe on the second click and echo them back. You are building a tonal vocabulary.
Extensions
Further engage in Dorian tonality in the following ways.
Listen to More Dorian Tunes
Listen to these tunes in Dorian tonality. Can you hear the I, VII and IV chords?
Sing Chord Roots in Dorian
Bum along with the chord roots in this Chord Root Cousin Song.
Explore the Purposeful Pathways
Navigating between chords will help you make the powerful connection between melody and harmony.
