Hi David,

Welcome to the forum. What a great question!

I don't remember reading any responses to a question like this so it's possible that, after days of forum reading, you're still no closer to a solution.

I haven't thought about creating modal tunes before. After reading Andy's response, though, his solution is a very good one.

I totally agree with Andy. For the layman, F Dorian can be thought of and an Eb Major scale except it's played from F to F. As Andy has pointed out, though, Exactly the same diatonic chords are used in F Dorian as Eb Major.

Based on Andy's solution above, what I'd do to create a song in F Dorian is as follows ...

1. Set the key to Eb Major (since this key has all the notes the F Dorian key uses).



2. Create a suitable Dorian mode chord progression from the available chords. (I've given triads below but 7ths (as Andy has suggested), 9ths, 11ths and 13ths are all available.)



You've inspired me! I'm going to try and write a song in the Dorian mode, now

Hope the above thoughts help,
Noel

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