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The Mixolydian Blues Scale
What’s the Mixo-blues Scale?
The mixoblues scale is a combination of the minor blues scale and the Mixolydian scale. It is used to play over dominant 7th chords (7, 9,#9, 7sus4, 13, 7b5, 7#11, 13th).
Here is the G mixoblues scale used by George Benson in the lick below :
G mixoblues scale | G | A | Bb | B | C | C# | D | E | F |
Formula | 1 | 9 | b3 or #9 | 3 | 11 | b5 (#11) | 5 | 13 | b7 |
Intervals | W | H | H | H | HH | H | W | H | W |