E♭ Mixolydian Scale

E♭ mixolydian

Notes

E♭ · F · G · A♭ · B♭ · C · D♭

Intervals

  • RootE♭ (1P)
  • Major 2ndF (2M)
  • Major 3rdG (3M)
  • Perfect 4thA♭ (4P)
  • Perfect 5thB♭ (5P)
  • Major 6thC (6M)
  • Minor 7thD♭ (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭GA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGE♭FGA♭B♭CD♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭
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Modal character

E♭ Mixolydian is the 5th mode of A♭ 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
EBGDAE357FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭
Pattern 2frets 3–8
EBGDAE3579GA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭C
Pattern 3frets 4–9
EBGDAE579A♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭
Pattern 4frets 6–11
EBGDAE7912B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭
Pattern 5frets 8–13
EBGDAE9121314CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭F
Pattern 6frets 9–15
EBGDAE91213141516D♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FG
Pattern 7frets 11–16
EBGDAE121314151617E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭

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
EBGDAE35FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE35GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE35CFB♭E♭
C root
EBGDAE57GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE79B♭E♭A♭D♭
Bb root
EBGDAE9FB♭E♭A♭
F root
EBGDAE9B♭E♭A♭D♭
Bb root
EBGDAE9CFB♭E♭
C root
EBGDAE1213GCFB♭
G root
EBGDAE1213CFB♭E♭
C root

Diagrams

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

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