Diminished Arpeggio in a Mixolydian World Lesson

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- Kuba Szafran16th November 2008
  Very useful, thanks David:)!
- kaznie_NL16th November 2008
  Nice solo, it really flows!
- Muris Varajic16th November 2008
  Yeah,well work David!
- Jad Diab16th November 2008
  Interesting lesson David ! Keep them comin
- Ivan Milenkovic16th November 2008
  Very interesting David
- Pedja Simovic16th November 2008
  Excellent approach and concept David.
  Cool lesson!
- Dejan Farkas16th November 2008
  Very nice, well done
- Nazgul16th November 2008
  I will try that in a few years. Great lesson David!
- Bogdan Radovic16th November 2008
  Excellent lesson David!!
- Gaf16th November 2008
  Excellent lesson David!!
  I really find it hard to use the diminished arp in a Major context. It always ends up sounding static or contrived. Masking it with the rest of the Mixolydian notes will really open up some new doors for me! Thanks so much.
- Emir Hot16th November 2008
  Very cool approach David
- Hisham Al-Sanea16th November 2008
  nice one David.
- Sergio Dorado17th November 2008
  Very nice and useful ideas!
- Vinod Saranga17th November 2008
  Very useful lesson David
- David Wallimann17th November 2008
  Thanks folks! :-)
- Sinisa Cekic17th November 2008
  Good job David !
- Piotr Kaczor17th November 2008
  Groovy David! Cool lesson!
- Trond Vold17th November 2008
  Interesting lesson
- Jose Mena17th November 2008
  Sounds great David
- Gerardo Siere17th November 2008
  Great sounding lesson David!
- tradin-war-stories11th December 2008
  David, you are one of the best teachers on GMC!
  thanks for sharing
- daveb7th February 2009
  Hey David. Great lesson
  
  FYI - I noticed that the first vidio (the full performance video) is cutting short at about 19 seconds.
- daveb7th February 2009
  I'm really diggin this lesson, but the first video performance (lesson 1) is cutting short at 19 seconds.
- Alexiaden9330th April 2009
  You play it so smoothly that it looks like your fingers are hovering above the strings, without even touching them !

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- Tags: Diminished arpeggio, Mixolydian, Improvisation
In today's lesson, we'll learn how to use a diminished arpeggio in a Mixolydian context. If you take a look at a Dominant 7th chord, you'll notice that it is built over the following notes:
Root-Major 3rd-5th and minor 7th.

Playing the Major 3rd-5th and minor 7th is as we started a diminished arpeggio. Try it! You'll see! If you continue that diminished arpeggio, you'll find that the only note that is not in the Mixolydian mode is the minor 2nd. In other words, if you start a diminished arpeggio from the minor 2nd in a Mixolydian context, you'll have a very interesting tool to sound slightly of.

This lesson will take you through the following keys:

A Mixolydian
F# Mixolydian
B Mixolydian

Work through the examples slowly, and make sure to experiment with your own licks.

Have fun!

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