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Lesson 48 from: Music Theory for Electronic Producers

Tomas George

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Lesson Info

48. Mixolydian

<b><p dir="ltr">In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Mixolydian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.</p><p dir="ltr">I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.</p><div><br></div></b>
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Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Introduction

00:58
2

Basic Music Theory Terms

08:07
3

Keyboard Layout and Octaves

06:19
4

Working out Major Scales

08:58
5

Perfect 5ths

06:42
6

3rds - Part 1

08:05
7

3rds - Part 2

07:39
8

Perfect 4ths

04:36
9

Chords and Inversions - Part 1

10:05
10

Chords and Inversions - Part 2

09:13
11

Chord Progressions - Part 1

10:22
12

Chord Progressions - Part 2

08:26
13

Inversions

08:53
14

7th Chords

09:48
15

Chord Extensions

08:09
16

Suspended Chords

02:40
17

The Circle of 5ths

04:30
18

Minor Scales

08:09
19

Chords in the Natural Minor scale

09:56
20

Harmonic and Melodic Minor

09:30
21

Write the Chords, then the Melody

09:03
22

Write the Melody, then the Chords

18:01
23

Arpeggios

08:00
24

Writing Bass Parts

11:35
25

Writing Bass Riffs and Adapting Melodies

14:10
26

Song Analysis - Chords, Part 1

10:17
27

Song Analysis - Chords, Part 2

05:58
28

Song Analysis - Melody

08:55
29

Song Analysis - Arrangement

07:30
30

Song 2 Analysis - Arrangement

05:04
31

Song 2 Analysis - Chords

08:55
32

Song 2 Analysis - Melodies

06:34
33

Song 3 Analysis - Chords

11:41
34

Song 3 Analysis - Melodies and Arrangement

06:55
35

Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 1

10:22
36

Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 2

18:47
37

Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 3

18:49
38

Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 4

08:21
39

Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 1

08:16
40

Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 2

08:07
41

Create a Song from a Melody - Part 1

07:27
42

Create a Song from a Melody - Part 2

09:05
43

Modes Intro

04:10
44

Ionian

00:43
45

Dorian

04:31
46

Phrygian

02:09
47

Lydian

01:35
48

Mixolydian

02:13
49

Aeolian

00:39
50

Locrian

01:50
51

Dorian Mode Example

09:12
52

Pentatonic Scales

12:27

Lesson Info

Mixolydian

Next is Mix Aidon. So this is the mode and it starts on the fifth note of the major scale. So we have Ionian, which is one do, which is two Phrygian Lydian now mix Lydian. This is quite popular in a lot of jazz music and blues music because we're actually flattening the seventh note. And when we flatten the seventh note, this is quite similar to the, the dominant scale or the dominant core where we have a flattened seventh. So it's very popular in jazz and blues. Just remember that. And here we go. So G Mixolydian will be the fifth note up of the scale. So if it was a mix Lian, we will know it has the notes of D major but starts on A and G mix Lian means it has the notes of C major but starts on G. So we have G ABC DEFG. And if we have a look at G major scale, we know that there's an F sharp to do tone tone, semi tone tone tone semitone, there's an F sharp and to turn this major scale into a mix Aiden, all we have to do is flatten this F sharp to an F, it gives us quite a jazzy blue so...

und and that's basically what a mixed Lydian scale is. So let's have a look in Ableton Live. Let's just uh move this up to a G. So of course, it can just be the fifth note of the scale and root around this. So in C major, it would be G mix Lian or we can just flatten our seventh note. So G major has an F sharp. So this is just a G major scale really simple or we can flatten this to an F. Now, listen to this movement at the end. Let's just hear if it sounds quite jazzy to you, give you a different kind of sound using this in your music. So if you want to create something quite jazzy or quite bluesy, maybe have a look at the mix Lydian mode.

Class Materials

Bonus Materials

Music_Theory_for_Electronic_Producers_PDF_Guidebook.pdf

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