Piano Scales for Modern Music: Intro to Minor Scale Modes (Dorian) | Suzanna Sifter | Berklee 17/27

Download Your Free Piano Handbook Now: Study Piano Online with Berklee: Piano Scales for Modern Music is a series of 27 videos where you’ll learn how to effectively play your scales. Course author Suzanna Sifter demonstrates the different types of major and minor scales (pentatonic and blues) as well as their modes (Ionian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Phrygian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Locrian). You’ll also learn the correct fingerings to make your playing as fluid as possible. This course includes practice tips to make your practice sessions more engaging, as well as tips on how to translate your scales into music. Suzanna Sifter dives into the factors that make a good melody, and the ideal state of mind during improvisation. Scales are more important than may initially seem, she emphasizes, they teach you about harmony, chord types, tensions, and they also teach you the topography of the instrumentation, helping you feel more comfortable when moving around