You can see here how C major and G Mixolydian have the same notes but differ on one vital interval - their 7ths: C and B are 11 semitones apart (known as a major 7th); G and F are 10 semitones apart ...

An essential scale for classic blues and rock solos, the Mixolydian mode is loved by everyone from B.B. King to Guns N' Roses – here's how it works Stuart Ryan Sun, January 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC ...

Mixolydian it up. It comes as a response to requests from viewers for a follow-up to his Lydian lesson and he's finally had a chance here to deliver it with a Mixolydian lick to practice and get ...

I begin in bar 1 with a phrase built from the D major pentatonic scale (D, E, F#, A, B), highlighting the D chord’s root and major 3rd, F#. Bar 2 is played over Csus2, and here I target the ...

In bar 4, I switch to the A blues scale (A, C, D, Eb, E, G), initiated by partial barres across the high E and B strings, as well as the B and G strings. In bars 7-9, I expand the melodic lines to ...