Mixolydian

Mixolydian is a major mode with a b7 instead of a natural 7, one shade darker than Ionian. That flattened 7th is the sound of the dominant chord and of countless blues and rock melodies.

5th mode of the Major scale

Major

Intervals

1 2 3 4 5 6 b7

Mixolydian mode in A — guitar fretboard diagram123456b7123456b712311112345fr

Chords

Triads

7th Chords