D Mixolydian

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

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

Chords that are related to this scale are the following:

D, D7, D9, D11, D13

Em, Em7, Em9, Em11

F#dim, F#m7b5

G, Gmaj7, G6, Gmaj9, Gmaj13

Am, Am7, Am6, Am9, Am11, Am13

Bm, Bm7

C, Cmaj7, C6/9, Cmaj9, Cmaj13

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

The D 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 D Mixolydian is a mode of the G Major Scale. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note.
The D Mixolydian is the same as the D 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
D Mixolydian	D	E	F#	G	A	B	C
D7	D		F#		A		C

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 (C instead of C# in case of D Mixolydian).

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