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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Mixolydian mode may refer to one of three things: the name applied to one of the ancient Greek harmoniai or tonoi, based on a particular octave species or scale; one of the medieval church modes; or a modern musical mode or diatonic scale, related to the medieval mode. (The Hypomixolydian mode of medieval music, by contrast, has no modern counterpart.)

Template:Block indent The modern diatonic mode is the scale forming the basis of both the rising and falling forms of Harikambhoji in Carnatic music, the classical music form of southern India, or Khamaj in Hindustani music, the classical music form of northern India.

Greek MixolydianEdit

The idea of a Mixolydian mode comes from the music theory of ancient Greece. The invention of the ancient Greek Mixolydian mode was attributed to Sappho, the Template:Nowrap poet and musician.<ref>Anne Carson (ed.), If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (New York: Vintage Books, 2002), p. ix. Template:ISBN. Carson cites Pseudo-Plutarch, On Music 16 (1136c Steph.), who in turn names Aristoxenus as his authority.</ref> However, what the ancient Greeks thought of as Mixolydian is very different from the modern interpretation of the mode. The prefix mixo- (Template:Math-) means "mixed", referring to its resemblance to the Lydian mode.

In Greek theory, the Mixolydian tonos (the term "mode" is a later Latin term) employs a scale (or "octave species") corresponding to the Greek Hypolydian mode inverted. In its diatonic genus, this is a scale descending from paramese to hypate hypaton: in the diatonic genus, a whole tone (paramese to mese) followed by two conjunct inverted Lydian tetrachords (each being two whole tones followed by a semitone descending). This diatonic genus of the scale is roughly the equivalent of playing all the white notes of a piano from B to B, which is also known as modern Locrian mode.

Template:Block indent In the chromatic and enharmonic genera, each tetrachord consists of a minor third plus two semitones, and a major third plus two quarter tones, respectively.<ref>Thomas J. Mathiesen, "Greece", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, 29 vols., edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell, (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001), 10:339. Template:ISBN Template:OCLC.</ref> Template:Block indent

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Medieval Mixolydian and HypomixolydianEdit

The term Mixolydian was originally used to designate one of the traditional harmoniai of Greek theory. It was appropriated later (along with six other names) by 2nd-century theorist Ptolemy to designate his seven tonoi or transposition keys. Four centuries later, Boethius interpreted Ptolemy in Latin, still with the meaning of transposition keys, not scales.

When chant theory was first being formulated in the 9th century, these seven names plus an eighth, Hypermixolydian (later changed to Hypomixolydian), were again re-appropriated in the anonymous treatise Alia Musica. A commentary on that treatise, called the Nova expositio, first gave it a new sense as one of a set of eight diatonic species of the octave, or scales.<ref>Harold S. Powers, "Dorian", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).</ref> The name Mixolydian came to be applied to one of the eight modes of medieval church music: the seventh mode. This mode does not run from B to B on white notes, as the Greek mode, but was defined in two ways: as the diatonic octave species from G up one octave to the G above, or as a mode whose final was G and whose ambitus runs from the F below the final to the G above, with possible extensions "by licence" up to A above and even down to E below, and in which the note D (the tenor of the corresponding seventh psalm tone) had an important melodic function.<ref>Harold S. Powers and Frans Wiering, "Mixolydian", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, 29 vols., edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell, 16:766–767 (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001), 767. Template:ISBN.</ref> This medieval theoretical construction led to the modern use of the term for the natural scale from G to G.

The seventh mode of western church music is an authentic mode based on and encompassing the natural scale from G to G, with the perfect fifth (the D in a G to G scale) as the dominant, reciting note or tenor.

The plagal eighth mode was termed Hypomixolydian (or "lower Mixolydian") and, like the Mixolydian, was defined in two ways: as the diatonic octave species from D to the D an octave higher, divided at the mode final, G (thus D–E–F–G + G–A–B–C–D); or as a mode with a final of G and an ambitus from C below the final to E above it, in which the note C (the tenor of the corresponding eighth psalm tone) had an important melodic function.<ref>Harold S. Powers and Frans Wiering, "Hypomixolydian", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, 29 vols., edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell, 12:38 (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001) Template:ISBN.</ref>

Modern MixolydianEdit

The modern Mixolydian scale is the fifth mode of the major scale (Ionian mode). That is, it can be constructed by starting on the fifth scale degree (the dominant) of the major scale. Because of this, the Mixolydian mode is sometimes called the dominant scale.<ref>Dan Haerle, Scales for Jazz Improvisation (Hialeah: Columbia Pictures Publications; Lebanon, Indiana: Studio P/R; Miami: Warner Bros, 1983), p. 15. Template:ISBN.</ref>

Template:Block indent The Mixolydian scale has the formula

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Template:Music7, 8

That is, the scale has the same series of tones and semitones as the major scale, but with a minor seventh. As a result, the seventh scale degree is a subtonic, rather than a leading-tone.<ref name="berle1997p33">Template:Cite book</ref> The flattened seventh of the scale is a tritone away from the mediant (major-third degree) of the key. The order of whole tones and semitones in a Mixolydian scale is

whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole

In the Mixolydian mode, the tonic, subdominant, and subtonic triads are all major, the mediant is diminished, and the remaining triads are minor. A classic Mixolydian chord progression is I-Template:MusicVII-IV-V.<ref name="Serena"/>

The Mixolydian mode is common in non-classical harmony, such as folk, jazz, funk, blues, and rock music. It is often prominently heard in music played on the Great Highland bagpipes.

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As with natural and harmonic minor, Mixolydian is often used with a major seventh degree as a part of the dominant and perfect cadences. "Wild Thing" by The Troggs is a, "perfect example," while others include "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan, "Shooting Star" by Bad Company, and "Bold as Love" by Jimi Hendrix.<ref name="Serena">Serena, Desi (2021). Guitar Theory For Dummies with Online PracticeM, p.168. Wiley. Template:ISBN.</ref>

Klezmer musicians refer to the Mixolydian scale as the Adonai malakh mode. In Klezmer, it is usually transposed to C, where the main chords used are C, F, and G7 (sometimes Gm).<ref>Dick Weissman and Dan Fox, A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation: Guitar Edition (Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay Publications, 2009): p. 130. Template:ISBN.</ref>

To hear a modern Mixolydian scale, one can play a G-major scale on the piano, but change the F# to F natural.

List of Modern Mixolydian scalesEdit

Major Key Minor Key Key Signatures Tonic Component pitches
C♯ major A♯ minor 7♯ G♯ G♯ A♯ B♯ C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯
F♯ major D♯ minor 6♯ C♯ C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯ G♯ A♯ B
B major G♯ minor 5♯ F♯ F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E
E major C♯ minor 4♯ B B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A
A major F♯ minor 3♯ E E F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D
D major B minor 2♯ A A B C♯ D E F♯ G
G major E minor 1♯ D D E F♯ G A B C
C major A minor - G G A B C D E F
F major D minor 1♭ C C D E F G A B♭
B♭ major G minor 2♭ F F G A B♭ C D E♭
E♭ major C minor 3♭ B♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭
A♭ major F minor 4♭ E♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D♭
D♭ major B♭ minor 5♭ A♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭
G♭ major E♭ minor 6♭ D♭ D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭
C♭ major A♭ minor 7♭ G♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭

Notable music in Mixolydian modeEdit

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TraditionalEdit

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Further readingEdit

  • Hewitt, Michael. Musical Scales of the World. The Note Tree. 2013. Template:ISBN.

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