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PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE

RATHER than suggesting three different tracks, I’m going to highlight David Gilmour’s three solos on Shine On You Crazy Diamond(Parts1-5). At 2:09 the first solo is very much G minor pentatonic (as are all three), but you will spot A creeping in where the chords change to D minor then C minor. At 5:11, the second solo features a few variations from the pentatonic but particularly more A, implying Gmin9 with the arpeggio and organ chords playing a minor 6th (which features E). Finally, the solo at 7:33 is a great advert for the MXR Phase 90.

SANTANA ULTIMATE SANTANA

Rather than zone in on any one of Santana’s excellent albums, I wanted to cherry pick where his use of Dorian is most conspicuous. Black Magic Woman takes a Dorian approach on the organ intro and this carries through to the guitar solos and embellishments, too; watch for the arpeggio phrase he uses several times when changing from D minor to G minor. Oye Como Va is also particularly relevant, using an Aminor/D7 progression very similar to the example solo. Finally, check out Evil Ways using the chords G minor and C major.

LED ZEPPELIN THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS

Jimmy Page can always be relied on to go to unexpected places, and on Zeppelin’s first album, his acoustic-playing on Babe I’m G on na Leave You does this throughout – though particularly relevant is his overdubbed Dorian phrasing during the breakdown before the last chorus. Elsewhere, check out his solos in Heartbreaker from Led

Zeppelin II, Since I’ ve Been Loving You from Led Zeppelin III and No Quarter from Houses Of The Holy for some nice Dorian moments, frequently but not always in the context of the pentatonic.