- Intro
Mixolydian - Intro
Learn how to play the Mixolydian mode!Find the Mixolydian Intro guitar lesson below.
- E shape
Mixolydian E shape
Learn how to play the E shaped Mixolydian mode!Go to Mixolydian E shape.
- A shape
Mixolydian A shape
Learn how to play the A shaped Mixolydian mode!Go to Mixolydian A shape.
- D shape
Mixolydian D shape
Learn how to play the D shaped Mixolydian mode!Go to Mixolydian D shape.
- G shape
Mixolydian G shape
Learn how to play the G shaped Mixolydian mode!Go to Mixolydian G shape.
- C shape
Mixolydian C shape
Learn how to play the C shaped Mixolydian mode!Go to Mixolydian C shape.
- Connect Shapes
Connect Mixolydian Shapes
Learn how to Connect all Mixolydian shapes!Go to Connect Mixolydian Shapes.
- Cycle Of 4ths
Mixolydian Cycle Of 4ths
Run the Mixolydian mode through the Cycle Of 4ths!Go to Mixolydian Cycle Of 4ths.
- Improvisation
Mixolydian Improvisation
Learn how to improvise with the Mixolydian mode!Go to Mixolydian Improvisation.
The Mixolydian mode belongs to the V chord!
Mixolydian is the 5th mode and consequentially used over chord V. You can also use the Mixolydian mode when a chord has become an ‘X’ chord.
One artist that has taken the dom7 chord to its extreme is James Brown who is known for having entire tunes over a single dom7 chord.
James also changed music history by putting the accent on beat 1 and and by doing so invented funk music!
The scale formula reads:
| Major Pentatonic: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Mixolydian: | 4 | b7 |
Character: Mixolydian has a striving sound; it wants to move to chord I.
Soloing: Use Mixolydian when you want a dominating sound that strives somewhere, or whenever you play over chord V.
Practice Mixolydian like this:
- Chord shape
- Major pentatonic
- add 4
- Major pentatonic
- add b7
- Major pentatonic
- Mixolydian
- Chord shape
To see the Mixolydian mode move around the guitar neck in different keys and shapes, use Chordacus.
