When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Alex Skolnick is known for his jazz trio these days, but he started out as the fret-melting ...

Learn some basics of modal scales with our lesson on Dorian mode. You’ve probably heard of modes, even if you don’t know what they are. The basics are very simple: play the major scale but don’t start ...

Play these notes starting on C and you're playing the C major scale (also known as the Ionian mode – the 'first' mode). Start on D and you're playing the second mode (D Dorian, as it happens). By the ...