Like its Lydian cousin, the Mixolydian mode deviates from the major scale by just one note – the major 7th, which is lowered by a semitone to become a minor 7th. It's a crucial difference that gives ...
The Cult's Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy. If you’ve ever found the major scale annoyingly happy but the minor scale too moody, do we ever have something for you. Technically, the Mixolydian scale is the ...
This mode is a major scale that starts on a note that isn’t its root. Yes, the Mixolydian mode is exactly the same as the major scale - it just begins on the fifth ...
Rob Chapman has put his metaphorical teaching hat on in a new video teaching the Mixolydian mode – namely how to use it to your advantage for soloing. It comes as a response to requests from viewers ...
The time US conductor Leonard Bernstein captured a young audience’s imagination by explaining the mixolydian mode through the immortal genius of two ‘60s rock bands. “That’s all mixolydian!” Leonard ...
From their meaning to their history in Western music, here's an easy guide to modes. The word ‘mode’ comes from the Latin for ‘manner, or method’ but musical modes all originated in ancient Greece, so ...
Vivek Maddala is an Emmy-winning composer and a regular participant in The Number Ones Comment Section. After reading his takes on the music theory behind several historic hits, we invited him to turn ...