A Dorian — 8-Voice Polysynth

The A Dorian lit key by key — roots pinned, degrees named, audio ready.

A Dorian carries 7 notes per octave (modes family), drawn here straight onto the 8-Voice Polysynth's keys with every root pinned — no tablature in between, the keyboard is the map.

Minor with a raised 6th (natural 6) — soulful, smooth, and less dark than natural minor. The quintessential jazz-minor and blues mode.

Heard in: "So What" (Miles Davis), "Oye Como Va" (Santana), "Eleanor Rigby" (Beatles) — rock, blues, funk, jazz.

The 8-Voice Polysynth answers touch, so practice these maps at more than one dynamic — the pattern is the same, but the hand that plays it soft and loud owns it twice.