Download the PDF of “Mixolydian + Approach Notes”
In this video, Bryan Davis shares an interesting scale drill, combining the Mixolydian (Dominant 7th) scale with Chromatic and Diatonic Approach Notes. Whether that means anything to you or not, this is a challenging pattern to get under your fingers!
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