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39.17Two vocabularies over F7
Mixolydian
F G A B♭ C D E♭
Blues
F A♭ B♭ B C E♭
The key expressive difference:
Mixolydian has A natural.
Blues emphasizes A♭, plus B natural ♭5.
Combining them creates characteristic blues-jazz vocabulary.