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# Freddie Freeloader (Mixolydian)

### Table of Contents

* [Introduction / Learning Outcomes](/learn-tunes/modal-tunes-1/all-blues.md#introduction-learning-outcomes)
* [The Tracks (the original recording and a backing track)](/learn-tunes/modal-tunes-1/all-blues.md#the-tracks)
* [The Charts](/learn-tunes/modal-tunes-1/all-blues.md#the-charts)
* [Play-Along Sections](/learn-tunes/modal-tunes-1/all-blues.md#play-along-sections)
* [Help Sheets](/learn-tunes/modal-tunes-1/all-blues.md#help-sheets)
* [Video Lesson](/learn-tunes/modal-tunes-1/freddie-freeloader.md#video-lesson)

### Introduction / Learning Outcomes

By now, you're aware that "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis is the definitive modal jazz record. Modes have a particular color or mood associated with them and the second mode that you must be familiar with as a jazz player is [Mixolydian](/scales-1/major-scale/dominant.md), which is the fifth mode of the major scale. "Freddie Freeloader" is a little bluesier than "[All Blues](/learn-tunes/modal-tunes-1/all-blues.md)," because the soloists inject more blues and bebop ideas.

* Modal Soloing and Harmonization
  * Concert Bb, Eb, F, and Ab Mixolydian
  * The Mixo-blues scale

### The Tracks

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Original Track" %}
{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPfFhfSuUZ4>" %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Backing Track" %}
{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhXtJA9vIL0>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### The Charts

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Treble Chart" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oAs0OhfDhxQopGl4STUNWw4dVcwaQyBa/preview>" %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Bass Chart" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qXpWylYC1JS49TTGhlpj0NnhyHG83bjG/preview>" %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Bb Chart" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yhGvpA9nEUCRaC5yOkUQUcgxZ1epT9d/preview>" %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Eb Chart" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Deij0bsQniqAt9WGLYZa4vl3vHZWwzJg/preview>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Play-Along Sections

To practice along with sections of the song (i.e. to practice over a particular chord), click the measure that you want to start on and press play. For suggestions on scales and licks to play, check out the help sheets further down the page.&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://musescore.com/user/30979026/scores/6089816/embed>" %}

### Help Sheets

This page covers the modes for concert Bb, Eb, F, and Ab Mixolydian. The help sheet is meant to serve as a starting point; you are encouraged to develop your own musical ideas in addition to these ones. The piano solo and the trumpet solo are transcribed and presented in the Treble and B flat sections below. Additionally, the harmonies played in the original recording by the saxophones are included. Fingerings for guitar are in the "Rhythm Help" section.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Treble Help Sheet" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZB84VbeLuONsmcNKINtv4LsBy7N8X9ax/preview>" %}

Instead of including licks in the help sheet, here's Wynton Kelly's piano solo for you to analyze.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSjWOTbL5ew>" %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Bass Help Sheet" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lRBOn5li2tWO0hHxDeQh9lqMzZr6fHPs/preview>" %}

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Bb Help Sheet" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IURlJwNyiiSZhSUxpFCxOa7sOKSsV1x-/preview>" %}

Instead of including licks in the help sheet, here's Miles Davis' solo for you to analyze.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14zAa_PBfRI>" %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Eb Help Sheet" %}
{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1orE0WmyE7UZBrUfrwry_fUzaeufWf88t/preview>" %}

Instead of including licks on the help sheet, here's a tutorial about a lick from Cannonball Adderley's solo in Freddie Freeloader.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mttqgrXkm6Y>" %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Rhythm Help" %}

#### Guitar Fingerings

Once you know the 5 main shapes on the fretboard, you'll be able to transpose into any key you need.

* [Eb Mixolydian](https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/modes/eflat-mixolydian-mode.html)
* [F Mixolydian](https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/modes/f-mixolydian-mode.html)
* [Ab Mixolydian](https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/modes/aflat-mixolydian-mode.html)
* [Bb Mixolydian](https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/modes/bflat-mixolydian-mode.html)
  {% endtab %}
  {% endtabs %}

### Video Lesson

{% embed url="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PkBx0qzvVs_9rqIj-GVpBd1toJA7RT69/preview>" %}


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