The EASIEST Way to play this ESSENTIAL Scale - Learn in Minutes

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  • @user-xg8fr6qk9b
    @user-xg8fr6qk9b 3 месяца назад +3

    Another even easier way to think of mixolydian is to keep it in A major but start from the E note as your new starting point in the scale. Same way minor scales relate to their major scales when playing in Aeolian mode.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Yes, but that only works if you know the major scale. Many players do not.

  • @robindavis726
    @robindavis726 3 месяца назад +18

    Mark, You may be the best guitar teacher on the internet. I love music theory, and feel like I understand the first couple of levels of it well (which is really all guitarists need). Here you provide a simple, conceptual explanation of using intervals (steps/degrees) from the underlying root (Ionian) scale to create its associated modal scales that is straightforward and easy to understand. You consistently do that with theory and technique. It is a super power. You do a great service to guitarists. You da man!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much!!

    • @garys1092
      @garys1092 3 месяца назад +1

      Awesome.. Great song selections to demonstrate hearing the chord progressions with the Myxolidian mode. I've long recognized the reverse 5-4-1 in Sweet Home. Took me a long time to understand why it was D myx vs G major, and linking the modes. You're the best for us Rock-n-Roll wannabes.

  • @ComputerScienceLessons
    @ComputerScienceLessons 3 месяца назад +2

    Fabulous lesson. Dare I say, I'm starting to feel like a musician. Thanks a million. ❤

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      That is awesome! Thank you!

  • @timetraveller1702
    @timetraveller1702 Месяц назад +2

    Great lesson, thanks

  • @JohnScime
    @JohnScime 3 месяца назад +5

    That Mick Taylor riff is a direct rip of Jesse Ed Davis on Everybody's Gotta Change Some Time on Taj Mahal's eponymous first LP. So.many famous players lifted riffs directly from Jesse Ed. Pity he isn't recognized as he should be.

    • @dmbar1953
      @dmbar1953 3 месяца назад +1

      Agree. I saw Jesse Ed live with Taj in the early years and was SO impressed with his amazing talent that I agree many have not recognized. Thanks for pointing this out.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +2

      Interesting. I played Taj's version of Statesboro Blues on my blues radio show last week (Blues Progressions on WICB.org), and I talked at lenth about Jesse Ed Davis. Great player and quite influential among certain circles (E.g., Walter Trout).

    • @JohnScime
      @JohnScime 3 месяца назад +1

      @MarkZabel going to see Taj in March. Can't wait! Glad you're profiling JED . SWEET player. This conversation prompted me to.spin The Natch'l Blues today. Man, JED's feel and tone on Done Changed My Way of Living is so perfect. The whole album is unreal. Such a special player and time.

    • @chesterproudfoot9864
      @chesterproudfoot9864 3 месяца назад

      Color me jealous! The last time I saw Taj Mahal was in about 1981 with Tom Fogerty. Been way too long!

  • @dmbar1953
    @dmbar1953 3 месяца назад +4

    Thanks once again Mark. Clear teaching and great playing.

  • @69lespauls
    @69lespauls 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow. you make it easy to understand. thanks Zabe!!! 🎉

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @bensicovit6674
    @bensicovit6674 3 месяца назад +1

    that last little lead over the chord progression was fantastic. That is what I call feel good music

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Thanks! Yes, I like "feel good". Fits!

  • @peterm3964
    @peterm3964 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank a bunch . You are the BOSS .

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Glad to help ... and thanks!!

  • @chrisburzenski2317
    @chrisburzenski2317 3 месяца назад +4

    nice demonstration at the end!

  • @rustysguitar1
    @rustysguitar1 3 месяца назад +7

    Great video, Mark! I love that sound! And thanks so much for the shout out to my channel! Means a lot brother✌️

    • @paxchristi2014
      @paxchristi2014 3 месяца назад +1

      Hi Rusty! You're awesome 👌

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks Rusty. Any time! Talk soon.

    • @rustysguitar1
      @rustysguitar1 3 месяца назад +2

      @@paxchristi2014 Thank you! Really good to see you here 👍

    • @paxchristi2014
      @paxchristi2014 3 месяца назад

      @rustysguitar1 Thanks Rusty. You and Mark have taught me so much on the fretboard. I appreciate you both.
      My name is Mark also.

  • @Archtops
    @Archtops 3 месяца назад +1

    Excellent tutorial! Thank you.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      You're very welcome!

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 3 месяца назад +1

    What a fantastic video have a good weekend mark ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @OutsaneInBrain
    @OutsaneInBrain 3 месяца назад +1

    Another idea I struggled with which you've made easier. Thank you Mark!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Happy to help!

  • @planzed.2
    @planzed.2 3 месяца назад +1

    Another great lesson, really like how you teach man. Thank you!🙏

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Glad you liked it!

  • @user-cf7im2pj4o
    @user-cf7im2pj4o 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow that's was great thank you so much.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Glad you liked it!

  • @calvincosby921
    @calvincosby921 3 месяца назад +1

    Omg, thank you. It has been a WHILE since I tried Reeling In The Years.

  • @sisuriffs
    @sisuriffs 3 месяца назад +2

    Again, a brilliant, clear, and useful lesson. Lots of fine players out there, but not many gifted teachers too! Thanks.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much!

  • @7775Kevin
    @7775Kevin 3 месяца назад +2

    Great thanks

  • @tesla-spectre
    @tesla-spectre 3 месяца назад

    The Mixolydian scale is just cool and indeed your approach is so intuitive. You are an amazing teacher, thanks. I was in a cover band for 10yrs and only discovered this approach way too late for that. But not too late for life 🎉

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much!

  • @brottiermarie-aimee2751
    @brottiermarie-aimee2751 3 месяца назад +1

    An awesome lesson. Very enriching for the game. Thanks Mark

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @crashdaddy261
    @crashdaddy261 3 месяца назад +1

    Well that sounds fun!
    Plus props for appreciating Rusty! 🤘🎸

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! Yes, Rusty is a good guy. Happy to support his channel.

  • @Dan-zq5wt
    @Dan-zq5wt 3 месяца назад +1

    Dude! This was eye opening! I’m going to sound like a noob, but there are some blues that I assume are I IV V but in that reverse order and the I minor pentatonic sounds way off. Now I understand what to play. Thanks!

  • @JohnScime
    @JohnScime 3 месяца назад +1

    P.s. *really* enjoy your lessons. Thanks. J

  • @OkinInc
    @OkinInc 3 месяца назад +1

    Favourite teacher ever. Thanks Mark.

  • @Nobody_Important_Yea
    @Nobody_Important_Yea 3 месяца назад

    Outstanding!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @volkerschmoll4731
    @volkerschmoll4731 3 месяца назад

    Very good lesson. Thank you.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Glad you liked it!

  • @Dude_Slick
    @Dude_Slick 3 месяца назад

    Very sweet scale indeed.

  • @midnightrambler4580
    @midnightrambler4580 3 месяца назад +1

    Marky Me ladd you’re hitting all the right notes
    Thanks

  • @bluearmy4228
    @bluearmy4228 3 месяца назад

    Great tip there! Will give it a go.

  • @masterbuilder3166
    @masterbuilder3166 3 месяца назад +5

    Excellent lesson Mark. Really appreciate the simplicity of how you presented this. Thanx 💯

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @rmsavig2204
    @rmsavig2204 3 месяца назад +3

    The way you put it makes sense. That scale should work with D C G D songs.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Yes, exactly ... but D mixolydian, not E mixolydian.

    • @Dan-zq5wt
      @Dan-zq5wt 3 месяца назад

      And what about D minor pentatonic? Or E minor pentatonic (because G major key). This is where I get confused!

    • @owenbruce4120
      @owenbruce4120 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Dan-zq5wtessentially the relative minor, so will work with an emphasis around the tonic...try and find "the you" amongst it all...most liberating, most important

  • @ScoDiddley
    @ScoDiddley 3 месяца назад

    A hybrid blues/major pentatonic like many rock players learn already incorporates this.

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram8907 3 месяца назад +4

    Instead of using Dom7 chords or bVII Major chord, I think Hendrix started using 6/9 chords as substitutions plus hendrix uses a different root note thumb note over the 6/9 chords which I'm guessing are considered slash chords. If the Hendrix song 6 was 9 he uses a G6/9 chord with an A as the root note then moves to a F6/9chord with a G as the root note. Try to make a lesson about this

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +2

      Hi Wayne. I've done a few lessons on Hendrix's use of 6/9 chords. They're ambiguous chords, so give an open, "non-committed" sound to things. If you use them too much they give off a "going nowhere" vibe. Using them sparingly sounds cool though.
      As you point out, when you play them as slash chords they're also ambiguous in a similar way to Maj9 and 6th chords. (E.g., is an A6 really an A6 or is it a Dmaj9/A. It depends upon the context of the song.)

    • @waynegram8907
      @waynegram8907 3 месяца назад +1

      @@MarkZabel I typed in on youtube search nothing comes up with hendrix 6/9 chord lessons that you made. Maybe rename the video titles so I can watch and learn from them. Listen to a lot of beatles because they often will use modal interchange chords and also will use a V dominant chord but doesn't resolve to a chord a 5th below which is very unusual to use V dominant chords but don't resolve them, if you can make beatles lessons about these topics will help out a lot. I think Jimmy Page often would use the bVII chord in most of zeps chord progressions to give that mixolydian tonality. Each KEY has 20 or more Modal tonalities which Jazz uses modal tonalities within a KEY.

  • @chesterproudfoot9864
    @chesterproudfoot9864 3 месяца назад +1

    Good one, Mark. I'm laughing at myself because sometimes we can get intimidated and confused by all the theory, but in this case it really is simple. Several (if not all) of those added notes are used in Blue Sky, either in Dickey's intro or Duane's solo, which means I already know and use them (i.e., very similar to the Dickey Betts scale). 🤣

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you! Yes, the Dickey Betts Scale would add only the 4th. (For this example that's the A. But no harm in adding the D in there too!)

  • @michaelbarrett2855
    @michaelbarrett2855 3 месяца назад

    Thanks Man. Great info, even for a 71 year old used to be guitarist

  • @krisstieghorst7415
    @krisstieghorst7415 3 месяца назад

    Thanks Mark ,perfect examples in this lesson! Agree on the half steps 💯 Well played💥🎸💥👋🖤🦋🖤

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks so much Kris!

    • @krisstieghorst7415
      @krisstieghorst7415 3 месяца назад

      @@MarkZabel Love the STOP AVOIDING IT! 💥🐉💥💯

    • @krisstieghorst7415
      @krisstieghorst7415 3 месяца назад

      Happy Valintines Day to you & Mrs . Zabel, yes you have 2 days Mark!! ❤

  • @castleanthrax1833
    @castleanthrax1833 2 месяца назад

    Brilliant lesson. ✌️🇦🇺

  • @jragonese
    @jragonese 3 месяца назад

    Thanks Mark. Super lesson. It would be helpful if links for the detailed lesson were included for Rockstar Members. Is it there and I missed it?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Thanks Jim! You'll get an email once the tab is ready. (I don't actually use tab, so it takes me a while to do it after I improvise a solo.) I'll work on it while the rest of the US watches the superbowl!

  • @mikeflood2588
    @mikeflood2588 3 месяца назад +1

    Smokin feel you got there. MAN.

  • @siriusfun
    @siriusfun 3 месяца назад +2

    Hi Mark - thanks for this one.
    Is that a new 70s reissue Deluxe Goldtop, by chance?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Thanks! No, it's a 1970s tribute. 2012.

  • @michaelcashner1573
    @michaelcashner1573 3 месяца назад +2

    That was pretty cool... Isn't the pattern also the same as Pattern 3 of the major scale? And didn't the Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia) also frequently use mixolidian?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! Yes, the pattern I showed is the same as the 3rd pattern of the major scale. But you can play Mixolydian in any of the major scale patterns. It's beyond the scope of this lesson. The key thing is the notes (intervals) used.
      Jerry definitely used the Mixolydian quite often.

  • @raoulduke344
    @raoulduke344 3 месяца назад +3

    Can you add the Major Blue note into the Mixolydian?

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Yes, absolutely. Sounds great too!

  • @embreesmith7613
    @embreesmith7613 3 месяца назад +1

    I gutted those Pups from my Deluxe and put in DiMatzio Super Distortions on 1977. 🙂

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Ouch! Not something I would do. Maybe I would have done it around that time though. I was into high-gain sound at one point.

  • @ronj420
    @ronj420 3 месяца назад +17

    It's irrelevant to the point of this lesson but almost everybody plays the lick from Sweet Home Alabama incorrectly or, at least, not the way Ed King did. Everyone I have seen starts it off by playing open A and then hammering on to B. King played it A# then hammer on to B. Not trying to be a know-it-all because I was playing it wrong too until I watched a video King made before he died showing how it's played.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Interesting. Bluegrass run without the first 2 notes I guess.

    • @markhill9275
      @markhill9275 3 месяца назад +1

      Who cares, unimportant song!

    • @ykram57
      @ykram57 3 месяца назад +5

      @@markhill9275And a totally unimportant comment

    • @willwetherell7265
      @willwetherell7265 3 месяца назад

      ​@@markhill9275Total Dick Weed.

    • @davesikora8826
      @davesikora8826 3 месяца назад

      A real clinic here for mixolydian with classic examples

  • @larrypower8659
    @larrypower8659 3 месяца назад +2

    Jerry Garcia, Mixolydian Master.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      He played it a bit ... definitely!

  • @jimburchett
    @jimburchett 3 месяца назад +2

    mark, that shape at 5:43 is my "phrygian" shape. are they calling it e mixolydian because they're starting by playing an e as their first note? and thanks again for another good video. still having fun with the tcb bto riff you shared last week - ha!

    • @gtrdoc911
      @gtrdoc911 3 месяца назад

      I know I'm not Mark but I hope u don't mind my intrusion. You're right. If you play that pattern with e note as your tonal centre, it is e mixolydian. If you play it with d as your tonal centre, it is d lydian. And if u play it with c# as your tonal centre, it is c# phrygian. Changing tonal centres changes the half step/ whole steps order of the respective scales and THAT is what determines the mode.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Great question ... and Gtrdoc has it right. Here's a bit more detail ... if you want to wade in just a bit.
      It's the notes that define the scale, not the shape. BUT, you'll note that C# Phrygian has the same notes as E-Mixolydian.
      E-mixolydian has the notes E, F#, G#, A, B, C# and D. If you play it in a different place on the guitar neck you'll get different shapes.
      (C# Phrygian has the notes C#, D, E, F#, G#, A, and B ... same notes.). So if the chord progression was, say, C#m, Bm, A, C#m ... you could use the same scale and pattern if you wish. But you would resolve your lines on the notes C#, E, G# - the notes of the C#m chord.)
      Once you stop thinking about everything as a shape, life becomes much easier AND more musical, because you're relating more to the harmony rather than a pattern. That's my experience with my own play and that of my students.
      BTW, I hesitated showing the C# and D on the low E-string, but figured taking them out would confuse people who only played pentatonic scales.

    • @gtrdoc911
      @gtrdoc911 3 месяца назад

      @@MarkZabel hey Mark , splittiing hairs here but in the C#m, Bm, A, C#m progression that u propose in the example do you not focus on each chord's individual tones (e.g. a, c#, e while soloing over the bar with the A chord) as you're improvising?

    • @jimburchett
      @jimburchett 3 месяца назад +1

      @@gtrdoc911 thank you for wading in. appreciate you sharing!

    • @jimburchett
      @jimburchett 3 месяца назад

      @@MarkZabel great insights mark! thanks for taking time to explain.

  • @ElrondHubbard_1
    @ElrondHubbard_1 3 месяца назад +1

    Kashmir definitely sounds exotic though. Like eastern European something something.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      True. Well, Eastern in any event.

  • @future62
    @future62 3 месяца назад

    Don't be scared of theory guys. It really makes things simpler.

  • @supergong2241
    @supergong2241 3 месяца назад

    Movable C major scale...easy stuff. Practice and listening are the keys to playing guitar.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Yes, but why use the C major scale pattern (or A major scale) over this particular progression? That's really the crux of it. Patterns are easy. Choosing them and understanding why the choice makes sense is more difficult for most.

  • @montymason1647
    @montymason1647 3 месяца назад +1

    Brah!
    As always, you convey the essential lessons for intermediates -- and ain't-no-wastin'-time, cut-to-da-chase, on-point refreshers for long-time old hand, "slow-hand" players--with such brio that you make the tutorial/refresher FUN.
    And introducing the session with a view of the Mt. Rush-MORE Masters of the Mixolydian AND (not coincidentally) the bottleneck slide solo -- Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, and George Harrison? Brah!! ONCE AGAIN, you go so far beyond farkin' smart. You OWN the territory of diabolically inspired and aspirational. We who are ABOUT the rawk salute thee!

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you brother! Always great to get your endorsement Monty!

  • @embreesmith7613
    @embreesmith7613 3 месяца назад +1

    I discovered the Major sound by making a fretboard Position mistake to n 1070 something's. 😀🌈😀

  • @papajay111
    @papajay111 2 месяца назад

    Mix mode??? OH,, you mean the dominant 7th scale!! Yeah,, it's very cool alright but not minor enough for my taste to be my go-to lick machine. Aolean is much cooler,,, starting on the E or th A strings it makes the minor pent way more interesting!! And of course you can raise the minor 3rd any time for the mix sound.

  • @marypetrie930
    @marypetrie930 3 месяца назад +2

    Who came up with the word mixolidian! ...(Spelling?....is there a 'y' in there somewhere . )

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      Good question. Spelled "Mixolydian". It means "half-Lydian", where Lydia is an ancient country in Asia Minor. I don't think it's known who originally named them, but the modern modes have been around since the middle ages. The original modes are Greek in origin, which is why the modes today have Greek names. Fun stuff!

  • @horsemanoftheapocalapse5837
    @horsemanoftheapocalapse5837 3 месяца назад

    So start the major scale and start on the fifth,

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      If you're doing it from the major scale, E-mixolydian is the *A major scale* starting on the fifth note of the scale. This video is geared toward people who use pentatonic scales.

  • @JonnyDank888
    @JonnyDank888 3 месяца назад +1

    But Kashmir is tuned to DADGAD

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад +1

      The tuning doesn't change the notes played. Also, on that main riff, only strings A, D, and G are played, so that's the same as standard tuning. It's on the rest of the song that DADGAD is needed.
      Again though, it's still mixolydian.

    • @JonnyDank888
      @JonnyDank888 3 месяца назад

      @@MarkZabel Well then, unless you’re not going to play that part, have a good day with it

  • @gojoe36
    @gojoe36 3 месяца назад

    DIATONIC is all that it is. Pentatonic=5 Notes DIATONIC=7 notes

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Yes, Mixolydian is a diatonic scale, but not all 7-note scales are diatonic. The general term for a 7-note scale is "heptatonic".

  • @unainverso2668
    @unainverso2668 2 месяца назад

    Promo`SM 😜

  • @MrThemortgage
    @MrThemortgage 3 месяца назад +1

    I call Mixolydian the Dom7 scale. Or if you are in E Mixolydian I use the AMaj scale but resolve to E, either way.

    • @MarkZabel
      @MarkZabel  3 месяца назад

      Yes, thinking of it as "the scale that fits a Dominant 7 chord" is good, as is "an A-major scale, but resolve to E7 or E. Many players only know pentatonics, so I like this way to initiate them to the sounds without intimidation. "Mixolydian", "flatted 7th", and "add the 4th" can be intimidating to some players.
      This also allows me to sneak in "don't just learn patterns" in a sneaky way, because I say to add A and D, so you need to find those notes, not just play a pattern.