Mastering Mixolydian
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- 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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There is also a corresponding pentatonic mode that is one of the Indian scales (it's one of my favorite modes).
It's: Root, Major 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, flat 7th. Essentially mixolydian without the 2nd and 6th.
I used to call this "The Jeff Beck scale." R.I.P. 🥰
Edit: Dave's already on it. I should know better than to comment before the video is done. But I don't. lols
Great stuff as always man! Love the tune choice! Jerry Garcia always comes to mind as well when thinking of someone who loved ripping some mixo. Cheers!
Dude these lessons on the modes are a huge help and inspiration thank you. Each mode lesson I've been writing songs. I hope you never stop! A huge thank you! You're awesome. Actually every lesson I've ever watched and they're alot that I've watched have been alot of help and clarity. Cheers bro!!!!
I was just going to comment Satriani but you mentioned at the end. Good stuff bro!
mixolydian pentatonic feels like such a natural scale to play
Best of RUclips! Thanks!
Man, I just caught Jennifer Batten opening for Greg Howe last night. She is definitely keeping the Jeff Beck torch burning. Greg Howe is just terrifying. If you are lucky enough to be near a city that Greg is coming through this year, I wouldn't miss it. So good.
This is my favorite lesson so far. Awesome work. Thanks
Absolutely LOVING this series !!!
Really appreciate the answers to many questions I have about theory.
Brilliant lesson. Thanks!
For the intermediate to professional player, this is the guy to watch.
There’s always something to learn, even if it’s the same stuff from a different mind and perspective.
Great content!
Great lesson as always, thank you!
My favorite Jeff Beck album Led Boots sounded soooo cool David especially with the new MXR looper going to save this lesson so I can learn that many thanks for all you do 🤘👍👏
I recall listening to lots of Beck after he passed (my way of mourning I guess) and worked out a scale of the notes he often played. I had NO IDEA it was this mixolydian pentatonic. I never thought it could be a pentatonic-type scale as I was trying to find other notes to make it work, but the full mixolydian mode didn't seem quite right. I just love the sound of this mode in pentatonic flavor.
I read this and was like, "When did Beck die? Oh, Jeff Beck." Haha. I need to go to bed.
I had that same Zep shirt in the late 70's, early 80's.
It was my favorite and ended with more holes than shirt before I finally got rid of it.
Beautiful Lesson. Great material Dave; 🎸⚡️🎶
Great lesson and topic. Thanks
Mixolydian is one of my favorite modes! Thank you Sensei Dave!
Love the way you chug the bass note on the g7sus4 examples! Fantastic lesson.
I'm learning a ton from your lessons! 🤘
You're in a *very* good place for that.🙂
Sounds like Jeff Beck.
awesome lesson!!
Great lesson! I know the Mixolydian mode but didn't know of Mixolydian pentatonic, using those 5 notes.
Very nice lessons!
Monster player. Very knowledgeable as well!!
Always good content on your channel, but this one was particularly good 👌
Nice Jeff Beck jam at the beginning.
This is great. I'm writing something in E mixo so this is super useful. I always fall into the trap of milking the half step between the 3rd and 4th which sounds way too pretty. Milking the flat 7th to 1st sounds much better. I'll apply this to my song.
A long time ago I was trying to learn that Freeway Jam riff by ear and when I played that F note in there a lightbulb came on and all of a sudden Mixolydian made sense to me.
Amazing video David! Love your content. Your videos arrive to Buenos Aires, Argentina! What amp are you using?
I wonder what he'll do for aeolian?? Aiming for aeolian maybe?
LATE NIGHT, What VAMP progressions was Jeff Beck/Jan Hammers using when playing Mixolydian licks? You can use the Mixoloydian mode over the V7 dom7 chord or when the VAMP progression is bVII - I . The bVII major chord = IV/IV which is is the IV of IV or its borrowed chord from the parallel minor or aeolian.
Sound like the theme to “night cour
Oops. “Night court”
That’s from Wired!..,,,my favorite JB album! Apparently, Jerry Garcia use ms this. PLEASE DO A LESSON ON JG!
Joe Satriani uses G Lydian….from flying in a blue dream
Hi. like the lessons.
why does the Ionian scale look the same as the phrygian scale ?
example-ionian scale has W-W-H-W-W-W-H
Phrygian scale has the same pattern of whole and halfsteps but in reverse from highest to lowest notes.
The Dorian mode has the same pattern forwards or backwards of whole and half steps within itself.
lydian and Locrian do the same as the Ionian and Phrygian modes.
Mixolydian and the aeolian also do this.
Does knowing this help with anything?
Thanks
Love Wired, but my favorite JB album is There and Back (with Jan Hammer). Plenty of Mixo there, too. Haven't really been able to listen to Jeff much since he passed. Still an open wound. ☹
Miami Vice theme
can you please do a review / 'in the style of' Tony McPhee from The Groundhogs who unfortunately died last month? He is a fantastic guitar player and song writer who is so underrated and is a regular artist in any playlist or musical compilation - at least in my house 🤣
David, I always thought Ray Gomez was a monster with Boogie Blues and Mixolydian concepts. I just searched your channel and noticed you have never posted a lesson on Ray Gomez. If you don't know much about Gomez, I highly recommend a listen. Unfortunately he came out in the late 70s shrtly after all the other fusion giants had made their debuts. I feel that he has been sorely overlooked and it is a shame because he has some serious chops. Please post a lesson on Gomez when you are able. An added bonus with Gomey, his whammy work is reminiscent of Beck and is as amazing as his blowing chops.
Gomez claims Beck copied his whammy & harmonics work.
Homebound by Ted Nugent I believe is in mixolydian.
Jeff Beck of course.....RIP......
My ears don't work at all. Years of playing musical instruments and taking lessons, I simply can't hear tones / pitches. Is G mixolydian just C major, starting on the fifth note? It always seems to resolve to the C note...
Angus does some mixolydian
Blue sky maybe? Heavy mixo
Otay
"Screw that chord!" 😂
Di Meola
Level one Mel Bay, screw that chord.😂😂😂
Wired
Brew....where did you learn all your knowledge of music theory etc.....?
At 2:55, "C Lydian comes directly from G Major."
That is not true. The modal scales of today come from the Church modes of the Middle Ages and those in turn have a derived history from the ancient Greeks.
It is easier to say that C Lydian comes from the C Ionian scale but with an augmented 4th. as the intervals are the same expect the Major 4th has been raised a half step.
A C Lydian scale has the same tonal center of C Major and not G Major. It is irrelevant that C Lydian and G Major scales use the same tones. The arrangements differ and hence the intervals differ.
When one grabs a guitar to play a C Lydian, that one does not think: OK I will find a G, move up a P4, then move that up a half step, start plucking and play through to the next P4.
Instead, one goes to C on the fret board, and begins right away to play a C Major scale but when doing, raises the scale degree 4 a half step, i.e., playing it one fret higher.
Music is about the interval relationships because music is about tones through time. Music is not static. Music is not about the letter names of tones.
PS. A Led Zeppelin t-shirt? Seriously? Jimmy Page was a hack, a weak guitarist who played poorly live. His tone was bad considering he played through a Marshall and played Les Pauls. Worse though, he was a plagiarist and an non-indicted criminal child molester of an underage teen, if not a rapist.
Not my taste in music. Definitely takes talent to know but still not my kind of stuff.
I’m probably too narrow minded.
Oops! I spoke too soon! Maybe I’m not as narrow minded as I thought?
I did notice that you’re playing a 3note per string mode right?
Sir, I apologize! The more I watch your video, the more I’m learning that I need to watch it over and over!!
Thanks!!!
Walt
Excellent .... 👍
oh boy. this is like chinese for me.
Learn the C Major scale: C, D, E, F, G, A, B. Every distance between the notes skips a fret except between C to B and E to F. Those notes are right next to each other. It's called a whole step and a half step. The whole step skips a note, and the half step does not. A massive help would be to search for _C Major Scale Chart_ and download one that shows the the whole fretboard with every note named on the entire fretboard, and also shows all 7 positions of the scale separately. That image can show you the basics and teach you every note on the guitar.
After that, it's just adding the numbers to the scale and creating chords, melody, and harmony out of those. But you have to learn at least the C Major scale in all seven positions first. Until you do that, most of music theory is hidden from you.
It might seem like a lot to learn, but even if you learned just one of the 7 shapes each month, in just over half a year you know not just C Major/A minor, but also the shapes of all seven diatonic modes by moving that one basic shape of the entire fretboard around, you can play all 12 keys, and all of their modes. Total that's about 84 scales I think.
And, you will also understand everything Dave is talking about.
You can even learn this stuff from his other videos. But download that image, and study it. Even better, make them on your own from memorizing the whole and half steps pattern (E and F are next to each other, and so are B and C, the rest are one note apart). Once you can do that, you'll never forget it.
Whatever you do, keep the challenge fun by never comparing your won growth to the growth of another. Music is something to love, not dread. It's actually easier that it seems at first.😊
Edit: It's even easier for guitarists to learn it in A minor (same exact notes as C Major) because it's A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
Note: just in case this comes up and stmps you later.. the numbers move with the root note and 1 is always the root of the key or mode, be it talking about the scale or the chords relationship to the scale.
Alternatively, when discussing the chord shape itself, the one is always the root of the chord itself.
A minor scale is A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4, E = 5, F = 6, and G = 7.
But in that key, to describe one of the other chords from that same key we use 1 to indicate that specific chord root. So the 5th chord in the key of A minor is E minor. And the three notes of that chord are: E = 1, G = minor (or flat) 3, and B - 5.
That's not something you need to worry about now though. It's to clear up questions you'll have, likely months or at least weeks from now.
Keep watching this guy and it will click.
To play G Mixolydian, the guitarist goes to any G on the fretboard and plays a G Major scale but when she or he gets to the scale degree 7, she or he plays it one fret lower.
Your method is complicated. G Mixolydian does not come from C Major ( C Ionian). The tonal center of G Mixolydian is G. It is a G scale and not a C scale.
Hey what's up my man how goes it love the channel love all the videos especially the ones you have been doing on the modes of the major scale. I think a bot or some type of AI algorithm has responded to a few of my statements. I see sometimes you put a like or heart on them but this seemed different than that. Anyways man thanks for the knowledge cord play suicidal tendencies or mercyful Fate
Thanks for saying something Doug, I just reported that "user" to YT and kicked them out of here.
I hadn't noticed their activity yet, but your heads-up helped get rid of that scum.
Thanks again!
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@@LateNightLessons no problem man. Real recognizes real. I knew that was a fugazi as soon as I saw it. Take care man. Thanks 🙏 again for the time and knowledge you put in
Great lesson as always thanks David