C major and G mixolydian for example have the same notes

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  1. Shiori Oishi

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  2. Ak3mi91

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    Despite both modes sharing the same notes, they are not the same, and they do not sound the same. The same applies to C Ionian and G Mixolydian from your initial post. C Ionian ("C Major") sound got very popular, but G Mixolydian sound didn't. That's the whole story.

    The best advice I can give you to help you wrap your head around this is to disregard the names of the notes and look at the intervals instead.

    C Ionian: C D E F G A B / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    G Mixolydian: G A B C D E F / 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7

    A dog and god share the same letters, but are not the same thing too.
     
  3. Red100

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    C major is the whole scale and G Mixolydian is a mode there is seven modes, Mixolydian is one of them.

    Notes used for C major = C, D, E, F, G, A, B
    Notes used for G Mixolydian = G, A, B, C, D, E, F

    As you can see the root notes are different even though it uses all the same keys it just starts on a different root note. The main difference is also that there is a lowered seventh so instead of f there is an Fb chord.

    Sorry instead of F# its F
     
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