B - Major/Ionian
C# - Dorian
D# - Phrygian
E - Lydian
F# - Mixolydian
G# - Aeolian/Natural Minor (Relative Minor)
A# - Locrian
This is B Dorian:
B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
B Dorian contains the same notes as A Major:
A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G#
There are two easy ways to find out what notes the equivalent Dorian scale would contain and these are:
1) Use the forumula that you can work out from above:
B Major = B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A#
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
B Dorian = B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
1 - 2 - b3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - b7
This means all you have to do to get the Dorian mode is flatten the 3rd and 7th of the major scale of the same root.
2) Another way is just to look at the 2nd box pattern of the major scale, start it on the root note of your choice and just workout what the notes are. I'm presuming you know the 7 box shapes of the major scale?
[Edited by Evo on 10-16-2003 at 10:17 AM]
