Dorian Recenter

move the gravity, not the chords
Latin Rock · Funk · Jam
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2- ↔ 5 (vamp — let 2- become the floor)

Vamp your key's 2- against its 5 and stop resolving. After a few bars the 2- IS home and you're in Dorian — a minor that isn't sad. Zero new notes; the gravity moved instead of the chords. This is the doorway between staying home and the Relative Swap.

movesnothing moves but your sense of where home issolo·singminor pentatonic on 2 plus the key's 7 — the 2 chord's own major 6, the note that makes Dorian glowon recordOye Como Va — Santana (the 2-⁷ ↔ 5 vamp)try itLoop 2-⁷ → 5 for two minutes. When 2- starts feeling like home, write there.
Dm72-⁷
G5
Dm72-⁷
G5
Play this on the neck in Key Change Lab →

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