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Phrygian, Lydian, and Mixolydian Mode Songs

Phrygian mode (mnor scale with minor 2nd; e.g., E to E, white piano keys only)

  • “White Rabbit” (Jefferson Airplane)
  • “Things We Said Today” (The Beatles)

Lydian mode (major scale with raised 4th; e.g., F to F, white piano keys only)

  • “The Simpsons” theme
  • “Blue Jay Way" (The Beatles), mostly Lydian except for that flatted third

Mixolydian mode (major scale with mnor 7th; e.g., G to G, white piano keys only)

  • “Norwegian Wood" (verse) (The Beatles)
  • “Get Back" (The Beatles)
  • “Satisfaction” (mostly) (Rolling Stones)
  • “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (Gordon Lightfoot)
  • “Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

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