Nice example of the Dorian music scale

Maria Mena - Just hold me


Here the scale is an A scale as the first bass is A. But not all notes are white.


The F or Fa is F sharp. The scale or key is A Dorian.


So when the bass is D using the 1 3 5 rule the chord is D F A but F is sharp.


So instead of D minor the chord is D major which is a happy chord.


A        And if I wanted silence  
D        I would whisper (this is wrong, it is F6, see further reading)
A        And if I didn't love you, you would
D        know, and


A         Why-------------
G6       -----Can't you just
E7       Hold me---------
F7


Etc


We don not need to remember anything to derive those brilliant chords. We can just use Bach Bass Rules [Bach, Niedt]


So:


A is A C E
D is A D F# (inverting for least motion of the right hand)
A is A C E
D is A D F#

A is A C E
G6 is G B E
E7 is E G B D
F7 is F A C E


See also the rule of thumb is music part 1 and 2


Further reading:


https://normanschmidt.net/scores/bachjs-general_bass_rules.pdf


http://euroelectron.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-pleiades-series.html