Guitar Lesson: Using Mixolydian Scale in Classic Rock

[wesmatron]

LOL was worth it just for the intro. The rest was a bonus

[tednugentlives]

Nice tips Andrew. Did anyone ever mention you are a cross between George Lynch and my college Algebra teacher? Kidding. You rock man.!

[brandonlace]

Will this make me sound like Mick Taylor?

[pepehorhae]

@brandonlace depends on how u use it my man, if you play really fast like him with some of urself in it, yah u will :)

[johnnychingas1000]

is it a major or a minor? Excuse the dumb question, I'm still learning

[SchoepsMusic]

@johnnychingas1000

It`s mixolydian :-P

It`s a major scale, but with a b7 instead of the major 7!

[sr1129]

@johnnychingas1000 there are 3 major modes of the major scale. Ionian (obviously), lydian and mixolydian. Dont confuse yourself too much and make things more complicated than they have to be. The easiest way I found to learn the modes was to understand that in essence every mode is just a slightly modified major scale. The 7th is flattened or the 4th is sharpened or w.e the mode calls for. That way in your mind you arent thinking you are learning a bunch of completely diff scales.

[johnnychingas1000]

@sr1129 Oh I see. Thank ya



[JaguarEarlobe]

@sr1129 - nice one. I'm struggling to get my head around this at the moment. Your comment helps. This video is beyond me

[jacktheguitarman]

sound like eric johnson

[aceoffspades1]

You are the best teacher ever!!

[triplexjudoka]

Oh my God..this is the greatest teacher!!!

[tnoonan3]

listened to the intro three times before watching the rest

[Furthurism]

Solid vid. Many thanks!

[911Shred]

id rather watch the beginning



[Uranggokil]

we need moreeeee

[Graffitti74]

In the Key D it's D E F# G A B C#. To make it D Mixolydian, lower the 7th note or in this case C# which becomes C.

[JOELJW23]

Brilliant lesson. It was a big help to me, thanks very much!!!!! : )

[alexthecheese]

Excellent vide. Well explained and easy to understand, thanks. Great playing at start too!

[Mitraeltheprophet]

too much theory on that.. personally i believe that knowing all that staff and analyzing the chords and the scales doesn't make a great composer... just get your guitar and play whatever sounds right to you.. i see no point in trying to write a riff on some scale.. the main point is to write a good riff.. if it is a good riff none will give a shit about the scale or all that theory... I'm not saying that this video is bad or there is anything wrong in that..

[Torfinnmadssen]

@Mitraeltheprophet Well, at least it's there.

[VintageSH]

@Mitraeltheprophet You're so right man. I couldn't agree more...

[pcnation11]

I dont get how an am will fit in a progression with D as the key. Thats the 2 chord in the harmonized G scale. When you harmonize the D, am isnt in there. Can anyone explain to me how this would work theoretically? How can you play that when the key is D?

[ant1ph0n]

this gave me a headache, just like when i was learning piano as a kid.

[jb1563700]

For some reason, I keep going back to G major as the root chord. I don't hear the D mixolydian scale in there, just the G major. Weird. Either that, or it's really hard to write a riff in, say, D mixolydian that sounds like it's supposed to be in D.

[JDarkooJDarkoo]

@jb1563700 and @TheBakingpowder

D myxolydian has the same notes as G major. The difference is however that the music has a root on D, than on G. As Andrew said, try to keep the D prominent, for example have the bass guitarist just drone out a D the entire song, no matter what the chords. Then the D myxolidian scale makes much more sense.

[buopo]

@JDarkooJDarkoo

So, if Iim playing the D major scale, but i use A as the root, it will be an A Mixolydian?

[JDarkooJDarkoo]

@buopo Yes, perfect. If you use the 5th note of a major scale as the root, and keep using the notes of that scale, it will be mixolydian. In your case, the A is indeed the 5th note of the D major scale.

[buopo]

@JDarkooJDarkoo

ok thank you so much :) it now makes sense to me.

[sk8ordiet15]

wat pickup you got fitted in the neck?

[Ex0dUs12]

2:32 why does G major happen to be in A minor?

[ozzy9691]

at 2:03 shouldnt that be half dimished?

[KevenHyun]

@ozzy9691 hes not using 7chords, only 3notes-chords, so it is a "pure" diminished

[ozzy9691]

@KevenHyun ahhhhhhhh thanks dude

[TheBakingpowder]

if you change the  A maj for Am and the Cdim for C maj, Why an i still playing in the key of Dmajor and not G major?

[erfaisal1979]

Great job andrew.. can i ask u what camera u use to shoot ?? and what resolution.. it wud be gr8 fr me ..

[fahimmurshed]

thank you as always :)

[jasmmmm]

Keep up the great work. I've learned so much from watching these videos. Thanks!

[mrwiggles35]

My thoughts are why this guy isnt on tour O.o

[josiahgust]

Thanks a lot. Now I'm going to go get out my old books and try to remember how mixolydian works.

[HARLANGENEPARROTT]

GREAT

[bc06dave]

Really liked the solo Andrew!

[spaznplaya69]

very nice phrasing

[Gummy132]

Just the intro in itself was sick. Quality lesson

[Nathantjee]

Sounds a little bit like Zappa! :p

[Blandified]

Great vid once again.

[bobfnjob]

Great great video Andrew!

[col33145]

good lesson Andrew thanks for this excellent idea

colin England

[CGriffith910]

cool