Today we know G Mixolydian Mode as closely resembling the G Major Scale.
The main difference between G Major and G Mixolydian is that one has an F sharp and the other doesn’t.
Let’s take a look at the similarities and the differences on the treble staff below…
G Major
G Mixolydian
As you can see they both start on G and end on G.
However G Major has an F sharp and G Mixolydian has a G natural.
Now let’s compare them on the piano keyboard…
G Major
G Mixolydian highlighted in blue
You’ll notice G Mixolydian is all the white keys from G to G.
The steps that make up G Mixolydian Mode are as follows…
Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Half, Whole.
You can transpose or start the root or tonic note of the G Mixolydian Mode on any note and apply the same steps.
For example C Mixolydian would look like this on the treble staff…
C Mixolydian on the piano keyboard…
Notice that C Mixolydian looks very similar to the C Major scale.
See the main difference? You guessed it, one has a B flat while the other has a B natural.
Until next time practice building and playing your Mixolydian Modes!