[mapletrees]

Back to E mixolydian....and again, that's just the notes of the A major scaled played from E to E (the 5th note to the 5th note)

The mixolydian mode is very important since it is directly related to dominant chords...

If the following doesn't make sense, ask, or just wait until more is posted in the music theory posts and then see if it makes sense...

E Mixolydian is the notes

E F# G# A B C# D E

First of all note that this is different than the E major scale...the E major scale would have a D# in it....makes all the difference...one of the most important little things in music...

I'm getting off track again...but

play 0xx897.....that's an Emaj7 chord with the note D# on the 3rd string...

then play 0xx797....that's an E7 chord (E Dominant Seventh) with the note D on the 3rd string...totally different sound because of that one note difference....you should notice that if you fingerpick across the Emaj7 chord your ears don't feel much of a need to switch to a new chord...but if you fingerpick across the Emaj7, then fingerpick across the E7 (the E dominant seventh) your ears demand that you switch off the E7 to a new chord...and of course what they want to hear is the chord A major..

play the above Emaj7, then the above E7, then play

x0x655 which is an A major chord.

Not that you're going to get it from this explanation alone probably...but the thing to be learned above is that dominant chords(the ones with just a letter and a 7 in their name) like to return to (resolve to) whatever they are the 5th of.

E7 likes to turn into an A chord
A1 B2 C#3 D4 E5

G7 likes to turn into a C chord
C1 D2 E3 F4 G5

play G7 as 3x300x
play C as x3201x

or play G7 as 7x576x
play C as 8x555x

D7 likes to rurn into a G chord
G1 A2 B3 C4 D5

play D7 as 2x021x
play G as 3x000x

or play D7 as xx4535
play G as xx5433

or play D7 as 10 x 10 11 10 x
play G as x 10 9 7 8 x

etc.....

haven't gotten to the Tears in Heaven part yet.....he plays E7 moving to A major by use of thirds repeatedly in that song....he 'stretches' out an E7 by using thirds...

[ 04-02-2001: Message edited by: mapletrees ]