A Mixolydian

The scale displayed with its numeric formula, notes, intervals and scale degrees.

Formula	Notes	Intervals	Degrees
1	A	Unison	Tonic
2	B	Major second	Supertonic
3	C#	Major third	Mediant
4	D	Perfect fourth	Subdominant
5	E	Perfect fifth	Dominant
6	F#	Sixth	Submediant
b7	G	Minor seventh	Subtonic

Chords that are related to this scale are the following:

A, A7, A9, A11, A13

Bm, Bm7, Bm9, Bm11

C#dim, C#m7b5

D, Dmaj7, D6, Dmaj9, Dmaj13

Em, Em7, Em6, Em9, Em11, Em13

F#m, F#m7

G, Gmaj7, G6/9, Gmaj9, Gmaj13

The tones in these chords correspond to the tones of the A Mixolydian scale (some chords have been excluded).

The A Mixolydian scale consists of seven notes. These can be described as steps on the guitar fingerboard according to the following formula: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half and whole from the first note to the same in the next octave.
The A Mixolydian is a mode of the D Major Scale. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note.
The A Mixolydian is the same as the A Major apart from one note, the seventh in the scale.
Mixolydian can also be described as a Dominant mode. It includes all the notes of the related Dominant 7th chord, which is characterized by the minor seventh interval (as seen in the comparison below).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	b7
A Mixolydian	A	B	C#	D	E	F#	G
A7	A		C#		E		G

This scale is used in styles such as funk, blues and rock. The b7 creates a darker sound compared to Major.
One way to learn this scale is to think about it as a Major scale with a flattened seventh (G instead of G# in case of A Mixolydian).

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