D♭ Mixolydian Scale

D♭ mixolydian

Notes

D♭ · E♭ · F · G♭ · A♭ · B♭ · C♭

Intervals

  • RootD♭ (1P)
  • Major 2ndE♭ (2M)
  • Major 3rdF (3M)
  • Perfect 4thG♭ (4P)
  • Perfect 5thA♭ (5P)
  • Major 6thB♭ (6M)
  • Minor 7thC♭ (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BA♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭

On the fretboard, B represents C♭.

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Modal character

D♭ Mixolydian is the 5th mode of F♯ Major — the same seven notes started from its 5th degree.

1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7

Characteristic note — flat 7th (♭7). The ♭7 is what gives Mixolydian its dominant sound: a major scale with a lowered 7th, it is the natural choice over an unaltered dominant chord.

Mixolydian is the mode of the V chord and lives over dominant voicings (7, 9, 13) and 7sus4. It is everywhere in blues, rock, funk, and jam-band vamps built on a single dominant chord.

Chords that use this mode

3-Notes-Per-String positions

Seven movable patterns, each covering all 6 strings with 3 consecutive scale tones per string. Root notes are shown in red.

All 7 patterns
Pattern 1frets 1–6
EBGDAE357FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭
Pattern 2frets 2–7
EBGDAE357G♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭B
Pattern 3frets 4–9
EBGDAE579A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭
Pattern 4frets 6–11
EBGDAE7912B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭
Pattern 5frets 7–13
EBGDAE79121314BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭F
Pattern 6frets 9–14
EBGDAE912131415D♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭
Pattern 7frets 11–16
EBGDAE121314151617E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭BD♭E♭FG♭A♭

Quartal voicings

Stacked perfect 4ths across four adjacent strings, sorted nut to heel. Root notes are circled in red.

All voicings
EBGDAE3FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE3B♭E♭A♭D♭
Bb root
EBGDAE3E♭A♭D♭G♭
Eb root
EBGDAE57A♭D♭G♭B
Ab root
EBGDAE79E♭A♭D♭G♭
Eb root
EBGDAE35FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE79B♭E♭A♭D♭
Bb root
EBGDAE9FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE79A♭D♭G♭B
Ab root
EBGDAE121314E♭A♭D♭G♭
Eb root
EBGDAE121314A♭D♭G♭B
Ab root
EBGDAE9B♭E♭A♭D♭
Bb root

Diagrams

Db Mixolydian Scale fretboard charts — tap any diagram to open it full size to save or print.

Db Mixolydian Scale — notes Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
Db Mixolydian Scale — seven 3-notes-per-string positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Seven 3NPS positions
Db Mixolydian Scale — quartal voicings shown as chord-box diagrams for all four roots.
Quartal voicings — 3 string sets, sorted nut to heel