What chords are in C♯ Mixolydian?

Triads: C♯, D♯m, E♯°, F♯, G♯m, A♯m, B. Seventh chords: C♯7, D♯m7, E♯m7♭5, F♯maj7, G♯m7, A♯m7, Bmaj7.

How do you play C♯ Mixolydian on the viola?

In first position: C: C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯; G: G♯ A♯ B C♯; D: D♯ E♯ F♯ G♯; A: A♯ B C♯ D♯.

What chords can you improvise over with C♯ Mixolydian?

Rock (I–♭VII–IV): C♯ | B | F♯ | C♯. I–♭VII–IV: the ♭VII brings the ♭7 (B), the DNA of rock and blues. Also: Mixolydian vamp (C♯7 | G♯m7); Sus (C♯7sus4 | C♯7).

C♯ Mixolydian (C# Mixolydian) scale on viola: notes, chords and positions

Tuning

Tap a key to hear it · hold it to make it the root

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Chords of the scale tap one to hear it and see it on the instrument

Formula W whole step · H half step

Degrees and intervals

C♯ Mixolydian (C# Mixolydian) scale on viola

C♯ Mixolydian has 7 notes: C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯ G♯ A♯ B. Degrees: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7. Formula: W W H W W H W.

What notes are in the C♯ Mixolydian scale?

C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯ and B. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W H W W H W.

What does C♯ Mixolydian sound like, and when do you use it?

Major with street cred: the ♭7 gives it the groove of rock, blues and funk. Use it over 7 (dominant) · the V of a major key.

To hear it: Norwegian Wood — The Beatles and Sweet Home Alabama — Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Chords in C♯ Mixolydian

Degree	Triad	Seventh chord
I	C♯	C♯7
ii	D♯m	D♯m7
iii°	E♯°	E♯m7♭5
IV	F♯	F♯maj7
v	G♯m	G♯m7
vi	A♯m	A♯m7
♭VII	B	Bmaj7

Chord progressions to improvise with C♯ Mixolydian

In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fingerboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in C♯:

Rock (I–♭VII–IV): C♯ | B | F♯ | C♯. I–♭VII–IV: the ♭VII brings the ♭7 (B), the DNA of rock and blues.
Mixolydian vamp (I7–v7): C♯7 | G♯m7. I7–v7: the ♭7 (B) is the 3rd of the v7. Funk and jam-band groove.
Sus (I7sus4–I7): C♯7sus4 | C♯7. A sus4 that resolves: the F♯ in the first bar moves down to the E♯ in the second.

C♯ Mixolydian on the viola: first position

No frets: string by string (C G D A), from the open string to the fourth finger:

C string: C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯
G string: G♯ A♯ B C♯
D string: D♯ E♯ F♯ G♯
A string: A♯ B C♯ D♯

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