C Mixolydian Mode: C D E F G A Bb C
Note Intervals for the Mixolydian Mode: 1,2,3,4,5,6,b7
You notice that the notes on the guitar fretboard are colour co-ordinated. For me this is the best way that I have found to learn how to get to grips with the multiple duplicate notes.
For instance how many C notes can be found across the entire guitar fretboard?
Here’s the 7 diatonic triads for C Mixolydian Mode:
C, Dm, Edim, F, Gm, Am, Bb,
Here’s the 7th diatonic chords for C Mixolydian Mode:
C7, Dm7, Em7b5, FM7, Gm7, Am7, BbM7,
Here’s the list of the 7 diatonic triads & their notes for C Mixolydian Mode:
Now notice that you have the following chord patterns: This chord pattern is used for all Mixolydian Modes:
(M m d M m m M).
Note: All of the above patterns are unique to the Mixolydian Mode.
Use Mixolydian Mode in Blues, Country, Rockabilly, & Rock.
Once you have learnt this guitar mode click on the lead guitar backing track link to practise.
The bigger picture is that you have
7 notes in a C mixolydian mode. You can build many chords from each note of the scale.
Let's put this into action. Let's take the C mixolydian mode & find C shape chords that can be used in composition:
Here's the notes:
C D E F G A Bb C
These 7 notes can make a host of chords as follows.
Let's just take the C note as the root note and add notes to it.
Chords in C Mixolydian Mode that start with a C note
C, C5, C6, C6add9, C7, C7sus4, C7add6, C7add13, C9, C9add6,
8------5---5-------6---6-------8-------5--------3---6--------
5------5---5-------5---6-------10------5--------3---5--------
5------5---5-------5---5-------9-------5--------3---5--------
5--5---5---5-------5---5-------8-------5--------2---5--------
---3-------5-------------------10---------------3---5--------
-----------5-------------------8-------6------------5--------
C11, C13, Cadd9, Csus2, Csus4,
10---5----8------3------8------------------------------------
8----3----5------3------8------------------------------------
9----3----7------5------10-----------------------------------
8----2----5-------------10-----------------------------------
8----3----5--------------------------------------------------
--8----3-------------------------------------------------------
All of these C shape chords use notes found in the C mixolydian mode that is a combination of C, D, E, F, G, A, Bb,
This principle can be used starting from each of the 7 notes in the C Mixolydian mode, so lets have a look at some of the chords from each note:
Chords in C Mixolydian Mode that start with a D note
D5, D7sus4, Dm, Dm7, Dm7aug5, Dm9, Dmadd9, Dm11, Dsus2, Dsus4
----8-------5---10---8--------12---12------12----5------10---
----8-------6---10---6--------10---10------10----5------10---
----7-------7---10---7--------10---10------10----7------12---
7---7-------7---10---8--------10---12------10-----------12---
5-----------5---12------------12-----------10----------------
------------5---10------------10-----------10----------------
Chords in C Mixolydian Mode that start with an E note
Edim, Em7dim5, Em7aug5,
12-------------10--------------------------------------------
11----8--------8---------------------------------------------
12----7--------9---------------------------------------------
------8--------10--------------------------------------------
------7------------------------------------------------------
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Chords in C Mixolydian Mode that start with an F note
F, F5, F6, F6add9, F11#7, FM7, FM9, FM9sus4, FM11, FM13, FM13,
1------10--10------3------12---12---12-------3-----12----3---
1------10--10------1------10---10---11-------1-----10----3---
2------10--10------2------10---10---10-------2-----10----2---
3------10--10------2------10---10---10-------2-----10----2---
3--3-------10------1-----------10---10-------1-----10--------
1--1-------10------1-------------------------1-----10----1---
Chords in C Mixolydian Mode that start with a G note
G5, G7sus4, Gm, Gm6, Gm6add9, Gm7, Gm9, Gmadd9, Gm11, Gm13,
----13------3---12---3--------3----5----5-------5-----5------
----13------3---11---3--------3----3----3-------3-----5------
----12------3---12---2--------3----3----3-------3-----3------
----12------5---12---2--------3----5----5-------3-----3------
5-----------5--------1--------5----5------------3-----5------
3-----------3-----------------3----3------------3-----3------
Gsus2, Gsus4,
10-----3-----------------------------------------------------
10-----3-----------------------------------------------------
12-----5-----------------------------------------------------
-------5-----------------------------------------------------
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Chords in C Mixolydian Mode that start with an A note
A5, A7sus4, Am, Am7, Am7aug5, Am7m9, Asus4,
----3-------5---5----3--------6------5-----------------------
----3-------5---5----1--------5------5-----------------------
----2-------5---5----2--------5------7-----------------------
----2-------7---5----3--------5------------------------------
7-----------7---7-------------7------------------------------
5-----------5---5-------------5------------------------------
Chords in C Mixolydian Mode that start with a Bb note
Bb, Bb5, Bb6, Bb6add9, BbM7, BbM7dim5, BbM9, BbM13, Bbadd9,
6--------3----5--------5-----5---------5-----5------8--------
6--------3----3--------3-----3---------3-----3------6--------
7--------3----3--------3-----3---------3-----3------7--------
8--------3----3--------3-----2---------3-----3------8--------
8---8---------3------------------------3-----3---------------
6---6---------3------------------------------3---------------
Bbsus2, BbMdim5,
1-------6----------------------------------------------------
1-------5----------------------------------------------------
3-------7----------------------------------------------------
--------8----------------------------------------------------
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So there's a comprehensive list of chords that you can play when playing in the key of C mixolydian mode.
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