Used by countless blues guitarists and hard rockers from B.B. King and Guns N' Roses to Josh Smith and Joe Bonamassa, the Mixolydian mode is essential knowledge. Stuart Ryan explains all ...

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 ...