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Find all my Chord related posts here: Chord Tips and Tricks
And all my Scale related posts here: Scales and Licks
Some bands write all their songs using this scale - I bet allot of your favorites use it!
The top songs in popular music use this - and after this short lesson you'll be able to use it too...
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What is MIXOLIDIAN MODE?
The Mixolydian Mode isn't used for licks in popular music it's used for the chord progressions. For licks the minor pentatonic is typically used over the top of MIXOLYDIAN chord progressions.
You use minor pentatonic licks over MIXOLYDIAN chord progression - you'll have the stuff that popular music is made of...
If you take the major scale and flatten the 7th scale degree - you'll have the mixolydian Mode.
MAJOR SCALE has the following intervals: R, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
A|-----------------0--2--3--2--0-----------------|E|--------0--1--3-----------------3--1--0--------|C|--0--2-----------------------------------2--0--|G|-----------------------------------------------|
MIXOLYDIAN MODE has the following intervals: R, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and b7
A|-----------------0--1--3--1--0-----------------|E|--------0--1--3-----------------3--1--0--------|C|--0--2-----------------------------------2--0--|G|-----------------------------------------------|
Here's a cool lick that might be used as an ending using the MIXOLYDIAN MODE.
EASY LICK:
A|-------0--1--------3----|E|---/3--------3`----0----|C|-------------------0----|G|-------------------0----|
The lick above ends with a C chord. Using licks for endings is a great way to get started with licks.
I know - I said typically the licks (leads, solos) for songs in mixolydian are in the Pentatonic Scale, but we can play licks in Mixolydian as well. If you do take advantage of the cool b7.
MIXOLYDIAN Chord Progressions
This is where the MIXOLYDIAN magic happens.
Some of your favorite songs use MIXOLYDIAN chord progressions:
- "Sweet Child of Mine" By Guns n' Roses
- "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" By The Beatles (into and verses)
- "Sweet Home Alabama" By Lynyrd Skynyrd
- "Clocks" by Coldplay
- "Back in Black" by AC/DC
- "Hey Jude" By the Beatles (outro)
If C MIXOLYDIAN MODE is harmonized with chords we get the following:
C - Dm - E° - F - Gm - Am - Bb (see C and G harmonized on cheat sheets below)
There are two wild ones here.
The Gm and the Bb...
We always want to take advantage of the wild chords so we'll look st two progressions here - each one takes advantage of one of these wild choices.
The Gm, a minor chord for the V chord, is a beautiful alternative. The Bb adds an unexpected twist to any song in a major key (in a major key we don't expect to hear that bVII)!
The first thing we can do is use that b7 (bVII) for a I - bVII - IV progression:
C - Bb - F (I call this the 'sweet home' vamp in the graphic below).
This can progression be found in popular songs like "Sweet Home Alabama," "Paradise City" and many others.
If you wanted something really wild try the Gm - a minor chord for the V chord is really outside the box...
Our second progression takes advantage of the Gm with a I - v - ii progression:
C - Gm - Dm (I call this the 'clocks' vamp below)😎.
Here is a related cheat sheet in C (high quality PDF's available on patreon):
Here is a related cheat sheet in G:
Here is is in D - notice with the alternate D shape in the first progression we get a cool chromatic line on the high A string...
Can we have a song in MIXOLYDIAN with G major chord rather than the Minor??
Yes we can we can sub a G major for the G minor - we could say we're borrowing the G major from the C major scale or we're just changing the chord quality... Changing chord quality from minor to major is done all the time in popular music.
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Take Your Playing to Another Level...
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The LAST UKULELE CHORDBOOK
Every chord comes from 5 different chord shapes!
These are called the CAGED shapes...
This will be you last chord book because I show you exactly how to create any chord from the 5 CAGED shapes (don't worry - I'll teach you the 5 CAGED shapes first), so you'll be able to easily create any chord you need.
Many chord books are useless because you have a whole bunch of beautiful chords but you don't know how to use them.
Not this one - After you complete this book and the homework assignments in each section - you will be able to create and use ALL the chords in progressions and as substitutes!
Every chord comes from 5 different chord shapes!
These are called the CAGED shapes...
This will be you last chord book because I show you exactly how to create any chord from the 5 CAGED shapes (don't worry - I'll teach you the 5 CAGED shapes first), so you'll be able to easily create any chord you need.
Many chord books are useless because you have a whole bunch of beautiful chords but you don't know how to use them.
Not this one - After you complete this book and the homework assignments in each section - you will be able to create and use ALL the chords in progressions and as substitutes!
UKULELE CHEAT CODES
This is a collection of all my one page ukulele cheat sheets, for those that just look at the diagrams in books - don’t like or read books, never finished a method book or just love the cheat sheets and want to make sure they have them all.
There are links and QR codes throughout if you like to look at related articles and videos!
There are related articles and videos for almost everything making each section a comprehensive study guide - if you want it to be...
This is a collection of all my one page ukulele cheat sheets, for those that just look at the diagrams in books - don’t like or read books, never finished a method book or just love the cheat sheets and want to make sure they have them all.
There are links and QR codes throughout if you like to look at related articles and videos!
There are related articles and videos for almost everything making each section a comprehensive study guide - if you want it to be...
Secrets of the Chord Chain: Major and Minor Chord Progressions for the Ukulele
I wish I had books like this when I started playing!
Would have saved me years of frustration.
The great new is you can have them now—In the books I unlock the mysteries of great chord progressions for you and make it so simple to understand that you will be able to create beautiful music right away!
Everything you need to play stunning chord progressions in any key and to fully understand how chord progressions are created and where they come from is here.
Links leads to the books on amazon...
- Secrets of the Chord Chain Book 1 - Major Chord Progressions for the Ukulele
- Secrets of the Chord Chain Book 2 - Minor Chord Progressions for the Ukulele
- Secrets of the Chord Chain Complete - Major and Minor Chord Progressions for the Ukulele (SAVE WHEN YOU BUY THE COMPLETE EDITION - Books 1 & 2 - 130 pages!)
Ukulele Chord Tricks: Simplify Any Chord
There is! This book will solve all of your chord problems...
Any chord can be simplified - in this book I walk you through how to do it with many tricks that the pros know and use all the time!
- Get your paperback on Amazon: Ukulele Chord Tricks - Simplify Any Chord (this leads to the book on amazon and you can preview quite a few pages to check it out)
- Get the eBook (instant download): Ukulele Chord Tricks: Simplify Any Chord
- Get just one chapter: E Chord and Progression Tricks; E Minor Chord and Progression Tricks; two chapters (they go together): Triads & Accompaniment Patterns Some of these are available FREE to patreon members.
FREE PDF's - Chord book and all scales harmonized with chords (with related articles):
Chord book (UPDATED - FREE PDF)
All scales harmonized with chords with chords (major and minor - FREE PDF)
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