Mixolydian

The Mixolydian mode is a major scale with a flatted seventh. This flatted seventh changes the color to give it a major, bluesy feel. It is often used when playing 12-bar blues, major sounding blues, and classic funk music by James Brown and other greats.

To make the Mixolydian mode in any key, flat the seventh degree of the scale.

Here are the notes and intervals of C Mixolydian.

C Mixolydian

Notes	C	D	E	F	G	A	B ♭
Intervals	1	2	3	4	5	6	♭ 7
Intervals		Whole step	Whole step	Half step	Whole step	Whole step	Half step

♭=flatted Here are chords that work well with the Mixolydian mode: Dominant 7th, Dominant 9th, and Dominant 13th.

Listen to Mixolydian w/gtr, which has Rob demonstrating the mode. Now it’s your turn: put on the IntroTrack, C Mixolydian w/out gtr.

Wah-wah man w/gtr is a tribute to some of the great funk guitarists from the 70s. Rob embellishes their licks, and when you’re ready, play along with Wah-wah man.

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