Chords for Mixolydian over E Blues
Tempo:
121.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Here's some fun intervallic ideas are using the mixolydian scale over 12 bar blues in the key of E
Now keep in mind we're changing scales as the chords change.
[E] So E7 gets E mixolydian
[A] A7 gets A mixolydian [B] and B7 gets B mixolydian
[D] And to simplify that a little bit really all [N] we're doing is
Establishing a mixolydian melody and then moving that identical melody to different [Eb] positions so that it aligns with the four chord in the [N] bar
That sounds a little [D] complicated when you say you're changing [Db] mixolydian scales, but really we're just
[Eb] Playing to each chord
So I'll do a chorus of sixths a chorus of thirds
And you'll want to watch the fingering on that second chorus because there's some wide
Position jumps that are the fingering helps kind of ease them a little bit and then after that I'll play you know like two choruses
It's just kind of free play.
I mean, there'll be some fun licks in there that you want to take apart
I've got a [F] simple little rhythmic pulse go underneath the shuffle pattern here
[E]
[A] [E]
[E]
[A]
[Em]
[E] [B] [Gb]
[A]
[C] You got [B] sixth one more time
[E]
[E] [D] [Em] [E]
[A]
[Em]
[E] [B] [Gb]
[A] [E]
[A] [B] Now the thirds
[A] [D]
[E] [A]
[B]
[A] [D] [D] [E]
[A] [E] [B]
[A] [D] [A]
[A]
[D]
[A] [D]
[B]
[E] [D]
[E] [B]
[E] [A]
[Em]
[A]
[Em]
[E]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[Em] [A]
[E] [Em]
[A]
[Em] [E] [B]
[A]
[C] [E]
[B] Yeah, you got a little rough [F] on the end there
But it gives you some kind of stuff to play around with let me just point out real quick with the fingering I was
using on those thirds is
[G] Your index finger is is [F] kind of serving as a home base.
It's doing a little partial bar
I mean, it's easier to see in closed position here.
So we'll start off with our four chord
[Am] We're gonna fret
C and E
But instead of playing C, we're actually [Dbm] gonna we're gonna hammer down to C sharp here
So what you've got is the third and the fifth
Now you're just gonna slide [C] that same position [Eb] up and you're [E] gonna remove that second [D] finger
So now you've got the seventh fret and seventh fret and then [Em] you've got the ninth fret and the eighth fret
And then you [E] just come back down
To the seventh and then this [C] is the part that's kind of tricky is you're gonna have to shift down two [B] frets
so
[Bb] Get in that [N] little shift at the end there is tricky and then when you go back to your one [E] chord
[B] [Eb] That little transition can be kind of [A] tricky
So [Eb] just really slow those changes down and if you're having a hard time jumping from one chord to the next
isolate [Bb] like the last
Four [F] and you know the last beat and it's eighth note and see what's happening there and you'll find that
If you can identify what your target [F] is for the upcoming [G] chord
It'll make it a lot easier to make those [Bb] wide jumps
So make sure you can identify where you're at
[F] And if you got any questions about this, make sure you give me a holler
Now keep in mind we're changing scales as the chords change.
[E] So E7 gets E mixolydian
[A] A7 gets A mixolydian [B] and B7 gets B mixolydian
[D] And to simplify that a little bit really all [N] we're doing is
Establishing a mixolydian melody and then moving that identical melody to different [Eb] positions so that it aligns with the four chord in the [N] bar
That sounds a little [D] complicated when you say you're changing [Db] mixolydian scales, but really we're just
[Eb] Playing to each chord
So I'll do a chorus of sixths a chorus of thirds
And you'll want to watch the fingering on that second chorus because there's some wide
Position jumps that are the fingering helps kind of ease them a little bit and then after that I'll play you know like two choruses
It's just kind of free play.
I mean, there'll be some fun licks in there that you want to take apart
I've got a [F] simple little rhythmic pulse go underneath the shuffle pattern here
[E]
[A] [E]
[E]
[A]
[Em]
[E] [B] [Gb]
[A]
[C] You got [B] sixth one more time
[E]
[E] [D] [Em] [E]
[A]
[Em]
[E] [B] [Gb]
[A] [E]
[A] [B] Now the thirds
[A] [D]
[E] [A]
[B]
[A] [D] [D] [E]
[A] [E] [B]
[A] [D] [A]
[A]
[D]
[A] [D]
[B]
[E] [D]
[E] [B]
[E] [A]
[Em]
[A]
[Em]
[E]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[Em] [A]
[E] [Em]
[A]
[Em] [E] [B]
[A]
[C] [E]
[B] Yeah, you got a little rough [F] on the end there
But it gives you some kind of stuff to play around with let me just point out real quick with the fingering I was
using on those thirds is
[G] Your index finger is is [F] kind of serving as a home base.
It's doing a little partial bar
I mean, it's easier to see in closed position here.
So we'll start off with our four chord
[Am] We're gonna fret
C and E
But instead of playing C, we're actually [Dbm] gonna we're gonna hammer down to C sharp here
So what you've got is the third and the fifth
Now you're just gonna slide [C] that same position [Eb] up and you're [E] gonna remove that second [D] finger
So now you've got the seventh fret and seventh fret and then [Em] you've got the ninth fret and the eighth fret
And then you [E] just come back down
To the seventh and then this [C] is the part that's kind of tricky is you're gonna have to shift down two [B] frets
so
[Bb] Get in that [N] little shift at the end there is tricky and then when you go back to your one [E] chord
[B] [Eb] That little transition can be kind of [A] tricky
So [Eb] just really slow those changes down and if you're having a hard time jumping from one chord to the next
isolate [Bb] like the last
Four [F] and you know the last beat and it's eighth note and see what's happening there and you'll find that
If you can identify what your target [F] is for the upcoming [G] chord
It'll make it a lot easier to make those [Bb] wide jumps
So make sure you can identify where you're at
[F] And if you got any questions about this, make sure you give me a holler
Key:
E
A
B
D
Em
E
A
B
_ _ Here's some fun intervallic ideas are using the mixolydian scale over 12 bar blues in the key of E
Now keep in mind we're changing scales as the chords change.
[E] So E7 gets E mixolydian
[A] _ A7 gets A mixolydian [B] and B7 gets B mixolydian
[D] And to simplify that a little bit really all [N] we're doing is
Establishing a mixolydian melody and then moving that identical melody to different [Eb] positions so that it aligns with the four chord in the [N] bar
That sounds a little [D] complicated when you say you're changing [Db] mixolydian scales, but really we're just
[Eb] Playing to each chord
So I'll do a chorus of sixths a chorus of thirds
And you'll want to watch the fingering on that second chorus because there's some wide
Position jumps that are the fingering helps kind of ease them a little bit and then after that I'll play you know like two choruses
It's just kind of free play.
I mean, there'll be some fun licks in there that you want to take apart
I've got a [F] simple little rhythmic pulse go underneath the shuffle pattern here _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] You got [B] sixth one more time
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] Now the thirds _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Yeah, you got a little rough [F] on the end there
But it gives you some kind of stuff to play around with let me just point out real quick with the fingering I was
using on those thirds is
[G] Your index finger is is [F] kind of serving as a home base.
It's doing a little partial bar
I mean, it's easier to see in closed position here.
So we'll start off with our four chord
[Am] We're gonna fret
_ C and E
_ _ But instead of playing C, we're actually [Dbm] gonna we're gonna hammer down to C sharp here
So what you've got is the third and the fifth
_ Now you're just gonna slide [C] that same position [Eb] up and you're [E] gonna remove that second [D] finger
So now you've got the seventh fret and seventh fret and then [Em] you've got the ninth fret and the eighth fret
And then you [E] just come back down
To the seventh and then this [C] is the part that's kind of tricky is you're gonna have to shift down two [B] frets
so _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Get in that [N] little shift at the end there is tricky and then when you go back to your one [E] chord _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] That little transition can be kind of [A] tricky
So [Eb] just really slow those changes down and if you're having a hard time jumping from one chord to the next
isolate [Bb] like the last
Four [F] and you know the last beat and it's eighth note and see what's happening there and you'll find that
If you can identify what your target [F] is for the upcoming [G] chord
It'll make it a lot easier to make those [Bb] wide jumps
So make sure you can identify where you're at
[F] And if you got any questions about this, make sure you give me a holler
Now keep in mind we're changing scales as the chords change.
[E] So E7 gets E mixolydian
[A] _ A7 gets A mixolydian [B] and B7 gets B mixolydian
[D] And to simplify that a little bit really all [N] we're doing is
Establishing a mixolydian melody and then moving that identical melody to different [Eb] positions so that it aligns with the four chord in the [N] bar
That sounds a little [D] complicated when you say you're changing [Db] mixolydian scales, but really we're just
[Eb] Playing to each chord
So I'll do a chorus of sixths a chorus of thirds
And you'll want to watch the fingering on that second chorus because there's some wide
Position jumps that are the fingering helps kind of ease them a little bit and then after that I'll play you know like two choruses
It's just kind of free play.
I mean, there'll be some fun licks in there that you want to take apart
I've got a [F] simple little rhythmic pulse go underneath the shuffle pattern here _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] You got [B] sixth one more time
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] Now the thirds _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Yeah, you got a little rough [F] on the end there
But it gives you some kind of stuff to play around with let me just point out real quick with the fingering I was
using on those thirds is
[G] Your index finger is is [F] kind of serving as a home base.
It's doing a little partial bar
I mean, it's easier to see in closed position here.
So we'll start off with our four chord
[Am] We're gonna fret
_ C and E
_ _ But instead of playing C, we're actually [Dbm] gonna we're gonna hammer down to C sharp here
So what you've got is the third and the fifth
_ Now you're just gonna slide [C] that same position [Eb] up and you're [E] gonna remove that second [D] finger
So now you've got the seventh fret and seventh fret and then [Em] you've got the ninth fret and the eighth fret
And then you [E] just come back down
To the seventh and then this [C] is the part that's kind of tricky is you're gonna have to shift down two [B] frets
so _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Get in that [N] little shift at the end there is tricky and then when you go back to your one [E] chord _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] That little transition can be kind of [A] tricky
So [Eb] just really slow those changes down and if you're having a hard time jumping from one chord to the next
isolate [Bb] like the last
Four [F] and you know the last beat and it's eighth note and see what's happening there and you'll find that
If you can identify what your target [F] is for the upcoming [G] chord
It'll make it a lot easier to make those [Bb] wide jumps
So make sure you can identify where you're at
[F] And if you got any questions about this, make sure you give me a holler