Dorian mode
The Dorian mode is the second mode of the major scale.
Its scale degrees are: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8
Its intervals are: W H W W W H W
It’s a “minor” mode.
Descriptors:
- Minor but with a “lift”
- Medieval
- Storytelling
Notable chords: Im6, IV, IIm
Examples
In video game music:
- Main Theme – Halo
- Main Theme – Shovel Knight
- Mute City – F-Zero (opening only)
- Song of Storms – Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Temple of Time – Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Midna’s Lament – Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Hyrule Field – Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
According to ScoreClub:
- Scarborough Fair – Traditional
- Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
- American Beauty, Thomas Newman
- So What – Miles Davis
- Fête (from Nocturnes)- Claude Debussy
Other: