B mixolydian chordson the Irish bouzouki, ADAD tuning

Main chords: B (I), A (♭VII), E (IV)

The scale: B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A

Drones: No open course is in the B chord in this tuning; A fits the key. The courses are A D A D, low to high.

Capo 2: play it with A mixolydian shapes, and every open course is in the key.

Common progressions

Basis: DADGAD Guitar blog (2009) and common session practice: the flat 7th's major chord (C in D mix) answers the tonic.

The seven chords in B mixolydian

  1. I B6fr1444D♯BF♯B6 9 9 9
  2. ii C♯m4fr1243C♯G♯EG♯4 6 7 6
  3. iii° D♯dim4fr312D♯F♯AF♯6 4 0 4
  4. IV E6fr2134EG♯EB7 6 7 9
  5. v F♯m111AF♯C♯F♯0 4 4 4
  6. vi G♯m6fr1114D♯G♯D♯B6 6 6 9
  7. ♭VII A131AEC♯E0 2 4 2
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Other modes on B

B majorB dorianB minor

Other mixolydian keys

DGAECF

B mixolydian in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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