Learn The Mixolydian Pentatonic Scale In One Minute - Guitar Lesson

Learn The Mixolydian Pentatonic Scale In One Minute - Guitar Lesson

Want to spice up your lead playing over a blues? Give this cool new pentatonic scale a try! With one simple alteration to the minor pentatonic, you will have a totally new, cool-sounding scale!

So, what is this magical new scale we are learning in this guitar lesson? We call it the Mixolydian pentatonic scale, and I'll go into detail here as to why we call it that. Firstly, when we say 'pentatonic' this simply means a 5 note scale. It very very commonly get's attached to the minor pentatonic scale, but can essentially be any 5 note scale. That's the first thing to remember.

[sifisoatomzabuthelezi]

definitely nominating this for the "no-time-wasting" tutorial awards. solid gold information

[venomsymbiotesgaming]

this is the shortest lesson I've watched, yet uncomplicated, clear, and straightforward!

[KhanhTheLearner]

At 0:24 I was immediately transported to The Sims: Bustin' Out on the GBA lol. There were these exact bass notes in the game.

[georgerose]

nice trick. will use that with harmonic minor! thanx.

[mikhail]

huh?! is that all there is just moving min3rd to maj3rd? awesome. thanks

[fsnlktx]

Mixolydian starts and ends on 5th note of the relative major scale. There's no note changes. A Major would be E mixolydian.

[georgealberto]

What about all the positions of that Mixolydian pentatonic scale? That is the first position only.

[Mruiz]

I’m not even a novice and I understood that thank you

[SMart]

Very thought provoking information, thanks! But I’m a little bewildered, the Mixolydian scale is based off of the major scale, so in A, it would be the notes of the D Major pentatonic scale (or B minor). You based it off of the A Aeolian mode, which has a C major structure, rendering the scale notes of the F major structure for mix. ??

In short, there doesn’t seem to be a true pentatonic pattern (even Mixolidian) to fit what has been presented here. However, I do use the pattern you’ve shown to play and it has always worked quite well. A very nice and brief video.👍

[Tim.G.]

What are the blues chords you are playing?

[oneeyemonster]

it;s actually call the dominant pentatonic.
You can do this. it's pretty cool ( mix #2, #4 ...aka Hungerian MAJOR)
Becuase you can play MAJ. Dominant, Minor, min7. dim, half diminished or FULL diminished.
or it's just the Lydian dominant with #2

In other words...play both the b3 and maj3

It's kind of like playing the Locrain b4 or Phrygian b4

1.b3.b5. SYMMETRICAL
Try playing the Mix #2, #4 over every b3 intervals....

I iii v Vi
The small romans = FLAT..in other words...b3, b5

instead of doing the I, IV. V...To break you out of the same old..same old.

Once you get more familar..you'll simply them in between the IV and V
as cadence or passing chords/riffs

If you do full diminished can walk it up from the maj6, b7..x ..R
sort of like Sweet emotion...if you get lost.
Robin Ford...dose it all the time and explains it.

Or pretend you're playing the IV mode ( N6) melodic minor b2, , , ,
in other words ...stack the b2 under the IV as a sort of passing note.
when you get to the octive..just hammer/pull the b9.
You'll see...it's going to pull you in

[philosophiaentis]

If you put music notation on your videos every musician can learn with it no matter which instrument they play.

[leoguitara]

You lack 1 note which is the 2 for it to be pentatonic

[engleharddinglefester]

The Brits are better blues players than us Americans ever will be lol.