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Originally Posted by harleycaptain
It's pretty fascinating to me to hear the dorian for C minor, which sounds like Santana and all that is caused by adding a few notes to the C minor Pentatonic.
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Yep, Dorian equals Santana :-) It's really easy to compare Dorian to Aolean (natural minor), just raise the 6th note. So C natural minor uses an Ab, C Dorian uses an A. For harmony, play Cm, Fm to hear the natural minor sound, play Cm Fmaj to hear Dorian.
Minor scales are always interesting, because as long as they include the minor 3rd, you can include just about any other notes and it will sound ok, and depending on what note you play, there is a characteristic sound that probably has a name. And you can mix them. For example, you can play the 5th of course (G), then the next note up could be Ab (Natural minor), or A (Dorian), next play Bb (the 7th, common to many minor forms) and/or B natural, which is the 7th in the harmonic minor scale. They all fit, and imply a different type of scale if you want to analyze it. You can even use all these notes, and there are well known songs that use all 4 of these notes, effectively flipping thru different types of minor scales and modes (hint: a song that starts with "stairway"...)