Jam in G Mixolydian

My two favorite modes to play in are Phrygian Dominant (the gypsy scale) and Mixolydian. I use both quite frequently when soloing, depending on the mood I am trying to create. Here is a simple jam played in the key of G using the Mixolydian mode. If you listen close, you will hear a few bars that switch to Ionian and then back to Mixolydian.

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[TokyoKid47]

So if one is playing in a G mixolydian, then is just playing a C major in the root of G?

[TheOriginalGuitarMan]

@TokyoKid47 Yes, that would be correct.

[weis212]

Hey man, nice playing...my fav mode is the Mixolydian as well. Have you ever tried playing the minor7 b5 arpeggio from the 3rd of a dominant chord?? This is one of my favorite mixolydian tricks. This would be playing F#m7b5 over a D7 vamp. It really targets out all the funky Mixo notes.

You got any cool mixolydian or Phrygian Dominant tricks???

Thanks!

[TheOriginalGuitarMan]

@weis212 Thanks for the tip, I'll have to try it sometime!..One of the things I like to do is use open string pull offs, going up and down the fretboard and not really in any order, just staying in key. I kinda stole that from Satch!

[daytonohiofellowship]

Love your playing,  I love to hear you in a more mellow blues tone sometime.

[TheOriginalGuitarMan]

@daytonohiofellowship Thanks.. Maybe I will post something like that soon!

[ozzy9691]

mixo is a major scale with a minor seventh right??

[RNRDOLL]

nah mixolydian is more a jeff beck thing. Satch, Vai, and Zappa are big users of lydian

[FRsleepwalker]

@RNRDOLL Satch uses it a lot too.

[hipstarchild]

That's a real 'SATCH' sound you got their mate !!

[bogse]

Can you play with that scale just when you know in what key the backing track is? Nice playing.

[Django5198]

very nice. Can you mix modes up together?

[daytonohiofellowship]

@TheOriginalGuitarMan Thanks, the blues is a real big in the area where I am from, and the young guys kill it with to much dirt, and to many notes in there riffs. I heard you play a blues Shuff. and it sounded good but I think you did not have near the sound that you do here in this setup. I bet by the way you favor your root notes you have some killer sustain, and you know the Mix mode to give that blues scale some added tones in the #1 chord, would love to see that :)