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Plan · Week 6 of 8

Mixolydian and turnarounds

The drill

A, D and E mixolydian in one position. Three turnaround licks. Hit G# over the E7 in bar 12.

You pass when

You set up the top of the form with a turnaround every chorus

Ex. 5

A mixolydian, fret 5 position

Mixolydian · fret 5 position
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  • Root
  • Scale
Tab
e|-----------------------------------5-7-|  A  B
B|-----------------------------5-7-8-----|  E  F# G
G|-----------------------4-6-7-----------|  B  C# D
D|-----------------4-5-7-----------------|  F# G  A
A|-----------4-5-7-----------------------|  C# D  E
E|-5-7-----------------------------------|  A  B

Stop on C# (A string 4, G string 6) and G (D string 5, B string 8). Those are the 3rd and b7 of A7. Everything else is on the way to them.

Ex. 12

Turnaround (bars 11 and 12)

Tab
   A7 (bar 11)                E7 (bar 12)
e|--------------------------|----------------|
B|--------------------------|----------------|
G|-9---8---7---6------------|----------------|
D|---7---7---7---7---5-6----|-6~~------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------|
   E   Eb  D   C#      G G#  G#

A chromatic walk from the 5th (E) down to the 3rd (C#) of A7, against a repeated A. Then G to G#, the 3rd of E7. Hold the G# with vibrato and the band knows a new chorus is coming.

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