G Mixolydian Scale

G mixolydian

Notes

G · A · B · C · D · E · F

Intervals

  • RootG (1P)
  • Major 2ndA (2M)
  • Major 3rdB (3M)
  • Perfect 4thC (4P)
  • Perfect 5thD (5P)
  • Major 6thE (6M)
  • Minor 7thF (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912EFGABCDEBCDEFGABGABCDEFGDEFGABCDABCDEFGAEFGABCDE
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Modal character

G Mixolydian is the 5th mode of C 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 1open · frets 0–5
EBGDAE35EFGABCDEFGABCDEFGA
Pattern 2frets 1–7
EBGDAE357FGABCDEFGABCDEFGAB
Pattern 3frets 3–8
EBGDAE3579GABCDEFGABCDEFGABC
Pattern 4frets 5–10
EBGDAE579ABCDEFGABCDEFGABCD
Pattern 5frets 7–12
EBGDAE791213BCDEFGABCDEFGABCDE
Pattern 6frets 8–13
EBGDAE9121314CDEFGABCDEFGABCDEF
Pattern 7frets 10–15
EBGDAE1213141516DEFGABCDEFGABCDEFG

Quartal voicings

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

All voicings
EBGDAE3EADG
E root
EBGDAE3ADGC
A root
EBGDAE3DGCF
D root
EBGDAE57ADGC
A root
EBGDAE35BEAD
B root
EBGDAE35EADG
E root
EBGDAE79BEAD
B root
EBGDAE57DGCF
D root
EBGDAE79ADGC
A root
EBGDAE1213DGCF
D root
EBGDAE79EADG
E root
EBGDAE912BEAD
B root

Diagrams

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

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