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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Guitar lessons: The major scale has a distinctive sound, thanks to its sequence of intervals: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone (TTSTTTS). When the major scale starts from a different ...