Moving from ionian to dorian

Here’s the dorian mode.

The diagram…

 

 

…and the notes.

 

 

Here are the arpeggios in the B dorian mode starting on the 6^th string, 7^th fret. This is a bit of a finger exercise. Take it slow.

 

 

 

And here are the A ionian arpeggios from the last post.

 

 

First, make sure that you’re comfortable playing both. Once your fingers are comfortable playing the arpeggios in each mode, moving between them is a lot easier.

 

Going between modes

The method for doing this is pretty straight ahead. Just play the first arpeggio of the A Ionian mode, the one that starts on the 6^th string, 5^th fret. Then move to the first arpeggio of the dorian mode. That takes you from the A major arpeggio to the B minor arpeggio.

Here’s what that looks like. I’ve added a continuation of the dorian mode.

 

 

The next thing to do is work on moving from A ionian to B dorian, starting on every arpeggio in A ionian. You can also start from any arpeggio in B dorian, and move to A ionian.