And, though the notes are identical, reordering them means the gap (aka interval) between the root and the seventh note is different. The details are explained below. Check out Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet ...

A Mixolydian mode (lead guitar lick) As with the other modes you want to target the colour tones when soloing, so, here, in bar 1, that means hitting the G (the minor 7th) over the A7.

The guitar greats describe a good solo as a ... to the D chord with a line based on the D Mixolydian mode (D, E, ... Over Bm, I play notes from the B minor pentatonic scale (B, D, E, ...

This line shows just how good the Mixolydian scale can sound over a basic D-C-G chord progression. The major scale sometimes sounds too bright, too happy and just not moody enough. The recurring C ...