A Mixolydian mode (lead guitar lick) As with the other modes you want to target the colour tones when soloing, so, here, in bar 1, that means hitting the G (the minor 7th) over the A7. However, we ...

The Bb passing tone is the diminished fifth (b5) from the E blues scale (E-G-A-Bb-B-D) - E minor pentatonic with the b5 added to make a six note scale (hexatonic).

Mixolydian it upIt comes as a response to requests from viewers for a follow-up to his Lydian lesson and he's finally had a chance here to deliver it with a Mixolydian lick to practice and get started ...