"The major scale is considered the "home" sale and is also known as the lonian mode, followed by Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian, with each mode beginning on the next note of the home scale."
The secondary mode of the larger scale, the Dorian mode is applied to solo over minor folk chords, and created by performing the C major scale of the notes D to D. Dorian is one of the various great styles in jazz and fusion, and is necessary for any advanced guitarist to hold beneath their fingers.
