Mixolydian mode
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Sep 13, 2026
Jack RuchGUEST
Is there a
SpencerHOST
reason you don't call that Mixolydian?
Jack RuchGUEST
Oh, not really.
Jack RuchGUEST
I just I don't really think in terms of major scale modes.
Yael MidnightHOST
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms, and Lava.
Yael MidnightHOST
Ice, I, Ionian, Death, D, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, and Aeolian.
Yael MidnightHOST
Aeolian.
Yael MidnightHOST
Lava Locrian.
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Yael MidnightHOST
But this one is the major side of in between major and minor rather than Dorian, which is the minor side in between major and minor.
Yael MidnightHOST
So we start with major and we flatten the seven.
Yael MidnightHOST
So like in a C Mixolydian would have that B flat.
Yael MidnightHOST
So if you are playing around in C, sometimes like the B flat will feel better than the B.
FrankHOST
So now it's not the Ionian.
FrankHOST
All of a sudden it's the Mixolydian.
FrankHOST
So that is also a choice.
FrankHOST
You might recognize, eh, scale tone minus seven was great, but I stumbled on the A-flat.
FrankHOST
I would never decide what scale I wanna use if I don't have any information about those scale tones.
FrankHOST
At this point, when I only play that, I don't know if I like the B-flat over the natural B. I don't know.
FrankHOST
The moment I play either a B or a B-flat, then it's clear to me, and then I can either say it's the Ionian or the Mixolydian.
FrankHOST
This one does not work.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Next time.
JakeHOST
Uh, you know, I'm hearing it right out of the gate, um, there's, uh, there's a lot of the Mixolydian vibe-
JaredHOST
Right
JakeHOST
... that, um, that I think I was, I was kind of-
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh, well
JakeHOST
...
JakeHOST
Mixolydian is, is a, um, it's a mode.
JakeHOST
It's one of the, the modes of Western music.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
And then he starts singing insane blues licks.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
But then it was doing the Mixolydian Jerry Garcia thing.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
Yeah, right.
Carl Carter FansteelHOST
Where he's playing with natural minor notes.
Elaine WalkerGUEST
And I'm like, that's so weird because I always think of modes as like Aeolian, Dorian.
Elaine WalkerGUEST
It's like when you're a kid, you look at the piano and they're like, C to C is a mode, D to D is a mode, E to E, you know, Phrygian, Mixolydian.
Elaine WalkerGUEST
And then I'm like, there's like some modes, but it's not all of the modes of Bowling Pierce because there's certainly some missing.
Elaine WalkerGUEST
There's like blank spots.
Adam JohnsonHOST
I mean, ultimately like, Playing in bands has taught me that easy to work with may be the most valuable skill.
Adam JohnsonHOST
It's way more valuable than whether I know if I'm playing in Mixolydian or Dorian.
Adam JohnsonHOST
I mean, that can be useful.
Adam JohnsonHOST
But it doesn't matter how well you know your modes if you're such a dick that nobody wants to play in a band with you.
Mark PoganyHOST
So starts in the key of E, goes to C sharp minor, or depending on how you consider one of the chords, C sharp Dorian mode.
Nicole BatcherHOST
Ooh, I know about that, Dorian, Lydian, Mixolydian.
Mark PoganyHOST
Yeah.
Mark PoganyHOST
So-
Lacey SturmGUEST
We got to this one part and I was like, this is hard.
Lacey SturmGUEST
Mixolydian, Aeolian, you know, like stuff.
Lacey SturmGUEST
I was like, but, um, But he was, when you were telling me that, I was thinking about how he was one of those moons, right, that God would bring along.
Lacey SturmGUEST
I was thinking about him when you were talking.
JonathanHOST
Yeah, something like that.
JonathanHOST
The Mixolydian scale for non-guitar nerds is basically a kind of a folky type scale that is major, but it has the minor seventh in it.
JonathanHOST
So it makes it sound rocking.
JonathanHOST
It's used in a fair few Beatles tunes.
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