Mixolydian Scale

* The above diagram is the Major Pentatonic scale with the 4th degree(green) and flatted 7th degree(red) added in to create the Mixolydian Scale.

Important characteristics:

• Mixolydian is the Major Pentatonic Scale with the 4th and  flatted 7th degrees added to it.
• it can also be thought of as the Major Scale with a flatted 7th degree.
• is the 5th mode of the Major Scale and is used over Dominant chords when soloing.

For Example:

C D E    G A      C – Major Pentatonic.

1  2  3     5 6       1

C D E F G A Bb C – Mixolydian.

1  2  3  4 5  6 b7  1

C D E F G A B   C – Major Scale.

1  2 3 4  5  6  7    1

*It is important that you first master the Major Pentatonic Scale well before learning Mixolydian.  This is because the Major Pentatonic Scale is the basic skeleton of the 3 Major Modes:  Ionian(Major), Lydian and Mixolydian.  I teach them all as just major pentatonic scales with the respective 4th and 7th degrees added.

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