5 Mixolydian mode chord progressions (Mixolydian explained)

The Mixolydian mode can be used for expressing so many different emotions and colours. Many rockers have found it a very fun mode to jam along to. In this video, I mostly focus on the modal harmony aspect of the Mixolydian mode. But of course, I show you how to make a Mixolydian scale, as well as important things to remember when writing a Mixolydian melody.

Apart from learning how to write your own Mixolydian chord progressions, along the way I also talk about Important music theory and songwriting tips for composing music and how to create original music.
Let's get creative :-)

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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - My approach
0:44 - How to create the Mixolydian mode
1:22 - Classic Rock in D Mixolydian
2:16 - Indie / Folk in G Mixolydian
3:23 - Melancholic Piano in C Mixolydian
4:49 - Singer-Songwriter example in F Mixolydian
5:48 - Classical Music on a pedal tone in E Mixolydian
6:43 - Mixolydian music theory/ songwriting quick tips

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[Rome.Monroe]

People say Mixolydian is darker than major but to me it's always been brighter. Maybe because most songs that use it only feature major chords, but when I hear it I feel like I'm in a dreamy state.

[richardchin]

Beautifully explained. The examples are all great and really demonstrate that one scale can be used to create very different feelings. Thanks.

[UncleEti]

I am a very uneducated musician (and I am not Django Reinhardt in terms of intuition). So I was looking for a diaconic arpeggions of D7b ( a long story with G7alt) and I landed there. And I got quite a short but packed with infos tuto. So thank you very much.

[jello-tarzan]

Great approach, very helpful video and fun to watch. Thank you!

[TwentyMinuteGuitarPlayer]

This is really good stuff! Seems like this will get you out of the typical box we tend to write out of! Thanks again!! Keep em coming!

[goobagooba]

Really great video. I'm loving this mode series because of the emphasis on chords and chord progressions built from the mode.

[meismofo]

Thanks for showing all your examples in a pianotoll, this is super helpfull.

[koenslabbekoorn]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for making these series!

[tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

Really well-explained video. I'll definitely check out the others in this series.

[jamesd]

Phrygian = boldness, exuberance, passion, courage, leadership, but in excess pride, rashness, irascibility, violent anger.
Lydian = good cheer, optimism, sublimity, friendliness, laughter, love and song.
Dorian = sleepiness, lethargy, laziness, slowness, mental dullness, forgetfulness, calmness, internal equanimity, well being.
Mixolydian = solidity, firmness, steadfastness, rhythm, but with a certain indolent tenacity.

[miguelgarciaortegon]

Wow. Such good and practical advice. If you give us a few more tips like the ones at the end of this video, writing music will feel like cheating because it will become so easy! As for the example progressions, they could be songs of their own right.

[scotty]

Thanks for this great video, really useful

[bigdambluesband]

Okay so it's basically just the major scale with a flat 7th which is how you usually play a major scale. I had already been playing for awhile and thought this "modal" stuff was supposed to be some exotic sounding scales but the best exotic scale I know is harmonic minor which isn't even a mode. Who needs all these strange names which I can never remember. It's all either a major or a minor scale that's been modified in some way, that's my music theory. Tell me to play in phyrigian or mixolydian and you might as well be talking in Greek. Isn't "Aeolian" just natural minor? Why don't you just say natural minor? That I can understand.

[hazevans]

Until recently I never realised how much I actually use it by accident