Mastering Mixolydian

Hey everyone! Here's the next episode of Scales & Tales with Mastering Mixolydian. This episode continues our recent dive into exploring the modes from the major scale, and now we've reached the popular/common fifth mode - Mixolydian - so let's dive in!

Mixolydian can be heard in just about every musical style - from blues, funk, rock, pop, jazz, fusion, classical, country, and more. This scale seems to be commonly used whether the performer actually realized what they were playing or not. This modal flavor fits perfectly over Dominant 7th chords, such as the common G7 open-position chord many players learn in the early days of playing the guitar ("the Level 1 Mel Bay years").

The ideas shared in this episode include plenty of discovery/discussion surrounding this popular scale, including revealing the parent scale for this mode, a few simple Mixolydian scale fingerings, another look at the common Dominant Pentatonic scale (a.k.a. "Mixolydian Pentatonic"), a number of useful Mixolydian-approved Dominant 7th chord voicings around the fretboard, the interesting "Mixolydian Mirror" octave-connecting idea (which Jeff Beck loved to employ), and a few classic Mixolydian flavored song examples from Jeff Beck's historic 'Freeway Jam' and 'Led Boots' tracks (to name a few).

Needless to say, if you've been following this series of modal-themed lessons, are interested in learning more about/sharpening your skills with this common modal scale and tonality, are a big Jeff Beck fan (like me), or maybe you're just curious what all the fuss is about - this lesson is totally for you! Give this episode a view, leave some comments/feedback, and please subscribe to Late Night Lessons - THANK YOU!

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