Trying to write a song in mixolydian mode.

[Kerry Brown]

It's a common mode for rock songs. Think Sweet Home Alabama. D mixolydian has D major as the focus but the scale is G major. I'm trying to come up with something rock oriented,

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dkerrydbrown%252Fd-mixolydian%3Btrack_id%3D1067807197

 

[Kerry Brown]

Cleaned up the noise on the rhythm tracks and added a simple lead. Don't think this is going anywhere but it is fun experimenting with modes.

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dkerrydbrown%252Fd-mixolydian-song-take-2-with-lead%3Btrack_id%3D1068386713

 

[iblive]

Sounds great to me….. but I do have one question…. Isn’t mixolydian the thing I make margaritas in? Maybe I need to brush up on some theory.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Sounds great to me….. but I do have one question…. Isn’t mixolydian the thing I make margaritas in? Maybe I need to brush up on some theory.

Thanks. I’m bored with not playing with other musicians. Taking the opportunity to try and apply the theory that I learned years ago but never thought about. It would help if I had a better ear for melody. Maybe I should just learn to play Margaritaville

 

[SG John]

That's nice. I always liked Mixolydian modes. This is a tune I wrote, and kind of hit a roadblock with. It's in E Mixolydian. The bass player says we should revisit it with more of a "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" type feel, and then I also want to steal a section of Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" for it.

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dsg-john%252Ffriends%3Btrack_id%3D127716993

 

[Kerry Brown]

That's nice. I always liked Mixolydian modes. This is a tune I wrote, and kind of hid a roadblock with. It's in E Mixolydian. The bass player says we should revisit it with more of a "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" type feel, and then I also want to steal a section of Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" for it.

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dsg-john%252Ffriends%3Btrack_id%3D127716993

That’s way cooler than mine.

 

[SG John]

That’s way cooler than mine.

You're too kind.

 

[DirtySteve]

They're BOTH cool.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

I got no clue what that even means i was just wondering what type Margaritas iblive preffered. I like blended with salt on the glass rim. Usually the Gold.

 

[SG John]

I got no clue what that even means i was just wondering what type Margaritas iblive preffered. I like blended with salt on the glass rim. Usually the Gold.

I usually go for Cazadores Blanco, with no salt.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I used to drink tequila shots with a beer chaser. The last time I did that I woke up on a couch with an empty 12 pack beside me. Last time I drank tequila.

 

[SG John]

I used to drink tequila shots with a beer chaser. The last time I did that I woke up on a couch with an empty 12 pack beside me. Last time I drank tequila.

Thankfully, I've always stopped after two. I'm not a big hard liquor person.

 

[iblive]

I got no clue what that even means i was just wondering what type Margaritas iblive preffered. I like blended with salt on the glass rim. Usually the Gold.

I like to do a mix. Hornitos Silver, Corazon Anejo, some simple syrup and fresh squeezed lemon. It’s yummy.

 

[heltershelton]

i think of keys as being only major or minor, or else things can get muddled up.
for instance, i would think of sweet home as being in the key of G, and its using a V-IV-I progression.
from there you can figure out all kinds of cool things.
when i hear the word "mixolydian", i think V or V7 and thats it.
but for the sake of what you want to do....lets do a mixo "key" in Cmaj.
so, it would start on G.....and G would become I......and so on....so it would go...
I-ii-iii(dim)-IV-v-vi-VII.
Gmaj Am Bdim Cmaj Dm Em Fmaj
so, if you write some progressions out of that, youll probably find they are easier to think of in terms of major or minor.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Thankfully, I've always stopped after two. I'm not a big hard liquor person.

Maybe once or twice a year I have a rye or bourbon on the rocks. Other than that it’s only beer for me now.

 

[Kerry Brown]

i think of keys as being only major or minor, or else things can get muddled up.
for instance, i would think of sweet home as being in the key of G, and its using a V-IV-I progression.
from there you can figure out all kinds of cool things.
when i hear the word "mixolydian", i think V or V7 and thats it.
but for the sake of what you want to do....lets do a mixo "key" in Cmaj.
so, it would start on G.....and G would become I......and so on....so it would go...
I-ii-iii(dim)-IV-v-vi-VII.
Gmaj Am Bdim Cmaj Dm Em Fmaj
so, if you write some progressions out of that, youll probably find they are easier to think of in terms of major or minor.

Exactly the D mixolydian scale uses the same notes and chords as the G major scale but starts on D instead of G. Technically that makes Sweet Home D mixolydian. You can play the G major scale, G major pentatonic, or even G minor pentatonic and it will sound good as long as you centre on the D. I know all this stuff intellectually. Now I’m trying to get that knowledge into my playing.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Both tunes in the clips are very cool. But they aren't both in mixolydian mode...

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Me and Wife from the other night.Local Mexican place.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Oh, you're talking about mixology mode.

I've written many a song in that mode...

 

[SG John]

Me and Wife from the other night.Local Mexican place.View attachment 68902View attachment 68903

I had one of those at lunch today. Great minds think alike!