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In music, the Dorian mode is a diatonic scale or musical mode using all notes in the major scale beginning on the note just a whole tone below it, ie a major scale starting from its second degree. Examples are:
The D Dorian mode contains all notes the same as the C major scale
The G Dorian mode contains all notes the same as the F major scale
The A Dorian mode contains all notes the same as the G major scale
Interestingly, the Dorian mode is symmetric. The pattern of tones and semitones is the same ascending or descending.
The Dorian mode corresponds to the white keys of the piano, from "D" to "D". It's used by songs like "What shall we do with the drunken sailor", and in part, by "Scarborough fair" (mostly D to D, but dips down to C a couple of times).
The Dorian mode is like the natural minor scale (or the Aeolian mode) but with the sixth note unflattened.
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