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LESSONSeries : Common Chord Progressions and Remembering Songs
Mixolydian Progression
The Mixolydian progression - "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd: This iconic rock song is built around a Mixolydian-based guitar riff. The chords used in the main progression are D-C-G, which are characteristic of the Mixolydian mode in the key of D.
* Based on a Major Full Diatonic Scale) it is a bVII7 . Based on the Mixolydian mode is is a VII7 . The Nashville Number System using a 7 but it actually refers to a b7 as a true VII chord in a major key si super, super rare.
Songs that use the chords from the Mixolydian Scale Mode for some or all of the song.
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd • I VII IV I
- Taking Care of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive • I VII IV I
- Sweet Child O' Mine – Guns N' Roses • I VII IV I
- All Blues – Miles Davis
- Clocks – Coldplay
- Dark Star – Grateful Dead
- Epistrophy – Thelonious Monk
- Hey Jude – The Beatles
- I Feel Fine – The Beatles
- My Generation – The Who • I VII
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles
- Paperback Writer – The Beatles
- Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
- Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones
- Thunderstruck – AC/DC
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