.
Compiling global examples of music in the Mixolydian Scale
1-2-3-4-5-6-b7
(C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb)
o • o • o o • o • o o • o
—Music in Scales: Home—
A project gathering real-world examples of different musical scales, drawn from diverse global sounds. Support open-access musicology on PATREON!
• Mixolydian Scale: Sounds •
Real-world examples of the scale in action:
- General:
- India: One of Hindustani music’s 10 ‘foundational scales’, known as Khamaj thaat: with corresponding ragas including Khamaj, Kambhoji, Khambavati, Jhinjhoti, Gaoti, and Bheem. Also popular in Carnatic music as Harikambhoji (melakarta scale #28), which gives shape to ragam including Kambhoji and Kedaragaula (which omits the ♮4 and ♮6 in ascent).
—La Danse De Bonheur (India/UK)—
Shakti & L. Shankar (violin-led)
Q
• Support open-access, ad-free musicology by joining my brand-new PATREON (launched mid-2024). And if you’re seeking to incorporate global ideas into your guitar playing…get started with online lessons!
• Mixolydian Scale: More •
Features, classifiers, quirks, etc…
[analysis: coming soon]
—Classifiers & Quirks—
- Modes: Major set (Major; Dorian; Phrygian; Lydian; Mixolydian; Aeolian; Locrian)
- Quirks: Hemitonic; Maximal; Reflectional sym. (imperfect: ♮3; detached: none)
- Names: Mixolydian (Western); Khamaj thaat (Hindustani); Harikambhoji (Carnatic); Adonoy Molokh (Klezmer)
n.b. For more detailed geometric and mathematical analysis, refer to this scale’s entry in Ian Ring’s fantastic Exciting Universe of Music Theory project (for which I am an occasional ‘raga consultant’)
—Music in Scales—
Compiling global examples of music in different scales: from the famous to the abstruse, spanning diverse global traditions. Expand your aural horizons with fresh sequences!
George Howlett is a London-based musician, writer, and teacher. Above all I seek to enthuse fellow sonic searchers, interconnecting fresh vibrations with the voices, cultures, and passions behind them. See Homepage for more!
• Projects & articles: full list •
Join the Patreon!
everything 100% ad-free and open-access