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In today's lesson we'll combine many different scale tricks to create a cool fusiony improv. The track starts in B Dorian, the modulated to C# Dorian to come back on B Dorian at the end.

Besides the Dorian scale, we'll also use several pentatonic scales. One of the tricks that I like to do is to use pentatonics a little out of context. For example, while playing in B Dorian, I will use B minor pentatonic, but also C# minor pentatonic. Why C#? Because if you analyze all the notes of C# minor pentatonic, you'll find that they all are found within B Dorian.

We'll also use a bit of the whole tone scale and chromatic scale to create extra tension.

To avoid confusion, I wrote the scales that you'll be using over the first key of the song while playing in B Dorian. That means that you'll have to play the same scales a whole step up (2 frets up) during the modulation in C# Dorian.

Work slowly on the following examples and try to use these ideas in your music. Remember that this lesson was an improvisation originally, that gives you a good example hopefully of how you should be thinking while improvising.

Have fun!

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

RIP Dime	15th February 2008
Member	Very nice! Gotto have a go at this one.

botoxfox	15th February 2008
Member	Really nice!

DeepRoots	15th February 2008
Member	Nice one Dave- Cheers!

Juan M. Valero	15th February 2008
Instructor	excelent lesson David !!! fusion is in your veins !!

Joe Kataldo	15th February 2008
Instructor	Very Nice...Good Job

Vurpa	15th February 2008
Member	This is awesome! Im going to learn this

The Uncreator	15th February 2008
Fire Up The Blades, Moderator	Just beautiful man! Awesome solo, I'm still in love with your tone!

Bogdan Radovic	15th February 2008
Bass Instructor	Awesome lesson David !! Great feeling you have..

Dejan Farkas	15th February 2008
Instructor	This is great

krudtaa	15th February 2008
Member	This is great great

Kristofer Dahl	15th February 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	Awesome solo David - this sure contains interesting ideas for all levels!

Tuubsu	15th February 2008
Member	Yes"!!! Fusion Is so greatest. I love you david! You make so ood lessonds... There so great! Evewru time asi se a fuson lesson i jusgt...What?

Gabriel Leopardi	15th February 2008
GMC Coordinator & Instructor	Nice lesson! The backing track sounds very good too. Great job!

Muris Varajic	15th February 2008
Instructor	Great one David!!

Davidian	15th February 2008
Member	Nice lesson! Is that a face on your strap?

David Wallimann	15th February 2008
Instructor	QUOTE (jurgen.de.smet@scarlet.be @ Feb 15 2008, 12:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nice lesson! Is that a face on your strap? Yeah, it's a smiley face. I drew it more than 10 years ago and it's still there. Haha!

Hisham Al-Sanea	16th February 2008
Instructor	great lesson Wallimann

Pablo Vazquez	16th February 2008
Instructor	Another Awesome lesson!! Well done David!

Toni Suominen	16th February 2008
Instructor	Very nice lesson David!

Ivan Milenkovic	16th February 2008
Instructor	Nice lesson man. Keep rockin!

Kizaze44	16th February 2008
Member	Here we go... Great lesson. One question though. You say, "while playing in B Dorian, I will use B minor pentatonic, but also C# minor pentatonic. Why C#? Because if you analyze all the notes of C# minor pentatonic, you'll find that they all are found within B Dorian," Couldn't you also play in F# minor pentatonic? I believe they also share the same notes as B Dorian. If so, is there a reason you prefer C# minor pentatonic vs. the F# ?

David Wallimann	19th February 2008
Instructor	Great question! You are right, you can also use F# minor pentatonic. I decided to use C# minor pentatonic, but could have used F# minor pentatonic as well. They all would work great there. :-)

Kizaze44	19th February 2008
Member	Thanks David. Theory is starting to make sense to me due to your great lessons! Kiz

Alejandro Piñero	20th February 2008
Instructor	very cool David!!

Carlos Carrillo	27th March 2008
Instructor	cool lesson David!!!

Melodicintenions	4th April 2008
Member	this is enough for me to soak up thinking about taking my masters degree in music for theory having you here with us will build my knowlege before I go am glade your apart of the crew Dave!