Modes are not about keys, or positions, or shapes. The chords are basically Bm - A in this section, so there is no way or reason to think E Dorian (even though the notes of E Dorian are the same). The notes of the key of D are D E F# G A B C#. Same notes, same 'key.' But B feels like home, not D, not E. Does that sound like home? Besides what your ear is telling you, here's why, sorta kinda.Ībove I said the key is D, as indicated by a key signature with 2 sharps, F# and C#. Does that sound like 'home' over those chords? Now, drone a B over that section. Modes are about tonality (among other things). Modes are not positions or finger patterns. Just because you are playing the notes E F# G A B C# D at the 12th position (index finger on the 12th fret of the 6th string) does not mean it's E Dorian. This is one of the classic examples of getting modes all wrong. It's B natural minor or Aeolian (but there is no reason to think 'modal' here, although he is playing modally, not 'the changes'). And at no time before that was it ever E Dorian.Īnd, yeah, I'm going to get this going because it's a perfect example of how people get modes wrong. It's all A natural minor, and, yes, it's a key change modulating from the key of D to the key of C, setting up for the verse - Am C G Em. The second measure is B C D E F G E F G D A. Click to expand.The first measure - A B C D E F G A.

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