Originally Posted by: buckethead14wait im sorry...whats the diffrence between dorian and d major again?...like dorian is just taking like the c major sacle and moving it up to d?..wouldt that be the same as the d major scale?

If you literally take a C Major scale and move it up to D, you'd be playing D Major. If you play a C Major scale but start on the second note (D) and play one extra on the end back up to D, that would be a D Dorian scale.

The Dorian intervals are: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8, so as compared to a major scale it has a flat 3rd and 7th.