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A♭ mixolydian mode on guitar

A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ (1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7)

Major with a ♭7: the I–♭VII–IV rock sound (Sweet Child O' Mine). Same notes as the major key one step counterclockwise on the wheel (G Mixolydian = C major).

The whole neck

1234567891011121314151617 E A D G B e F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭
rootscale noteLow E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard

The 5 CAGED positions

Positions: the five CAGED shapes, each built around a pentatonic box with the other two notes slotted in. One finger per fret, with the odd stretch. Each one shares its edge notes with the next. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.

Position 1 (frets 2–7)

12345678 E A D G B e 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 4 ♭7 4 ♭7 ♭7

Position 2 (frets 5–9)

45678910 E A D G B e 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 4 ♭7 4 ♭7 4

Position 3 (frets 8–11)

789101112 E A D G B e 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 4 ♭7 4 ♭7 4

Position 4 (frets 9–14)

89101112131415 E A D G B e 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 ♭7 4 ♭7 4 4 ♭7

Position 5 (frets 1–4)

12345 E A D G B e 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 ♭7 4 ♭7 4 ♭7

Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard.

Related

Other scales from A♭

A♭ minor pentatonicA♭ major pentatonicA♭ blues scaleA♭ major scaleA♭ dorian modeA♭ phrygian modeA♭ lydian modeA♭ natural minor scaleA♭ locrian modeA♭ harmonic minor scaleA♭ melodic minor scale

Mixolydian mode in other keys

CD♭DE♭EFF♯GAB♭B