QuickStart Scale Fingerings - C Mixolydian Summary

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The Mixolydian (Dominant) scale (C D E F G A Bb C`), its scale and mode are a popular and common scale and tonality in contemporary music.

The Characteristic Scale Step for the Mixolydian mode is the 7th. With the Primary chords (triads) the I chord and the major and minor triads with the 7th present — the I , V , and VII . The primary chords the C Gm Bb

Songs that use the chords from the Mixolydian Scale Mode for some or all of the song.

Songs that use the chords from the Mixolydian Scale Mode for some or all of the song.

• Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd • I VII IV I
• Taking Care of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive • I VII IV I
• Sweet Child O' Mine – Guns N' Roses • I VII IV I
• All Blues – Miles Davis
• Clocks – Coldplay
• Dark Star – Grateful Dead
• Epistrophy – Thelonious Monk
• Hey Jude – The Beatles
• I Feel Fine – The Beatles
• My Generation – The Who • I VII
• Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles
• Paperback Writer – The Beatles
• Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
• Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones
• Thunderstruck – AC/DC

Practice Tips

• Root, (the letter name of the scale) to the Octave — Ascending,
• Octave to Root — Descending
• Random Order — Start on any note of the scale and end on any note of the scale. The scales can be extended below and above the root on the staring string and above the octave on the ending string.
• Start on Any Finger, Any String — The QUICKSTART Scale and Arpeggio Series of books have example fingering solutions for starting on each finger and string.