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Dorian

A two-chord vamp, i7–IV7, that shows up all over real music.

It's common, it's simple, it's neither major nor minor, and it's a good introduction to modal thinking.

Or jump straight to a specific harmonic space:

Minor with a raised 6th

Major with a flat 7th

Phrygian with a major 3rd

04

Minor with a flat 2nd

05

The minor minor, aka the "natural" minor

06

The major scale