Celtic Guitar Lesson - #10 The Celtic Mode - Tony McManus video free download

Tarzan

The flattened seventh doesn't automatically make the the minor sound, the biggest determener of whether something sounds major or minor is the third, because the third makes all the difference between a major or minor arpegio. for a good example of this check out how when you sharpen the third of a phrygian you get this major sounding exotic scale.

pbot27

Mixolydian is a major mode. Major 3rds make major chords/scales. Sorry, but this video is misleading and potentially unnecessarily confusing to new students.If you play a C major scale (Ionian "mode", since were talking modes) from G to G (or any major scale from its 5th note, up an octave) you get Mixolydian. It's not some exotic fancy trick. It's what the blues uses all the time.And again, it's a major mode/chord/scale.Here's all the major scale modes and their major/minor quality:Ionian (THE major scale)Dorian (minor)Phrygian (minor)Lydian (major)Mixolydian (major)Aeolian (minor)Locrian (diminished)

Gavin White

Mixolydian is a major mode. I has a major third. So to that end it is major. You also fret 'D's on your second string but call them c's, which would suggest that you're in an alternate tuning. That should be noted somewhere in the video for those who do not watch the complete series in its entirety.

TheOriginalCoda

A nice 4 minutes education thanks :)

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