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B♭ mixolydian mode on guitar

B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ (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 D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G 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 4–9)

345678910 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 7–11)

6789101112 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 10–13)

91011121314 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 0–4)

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

Position 5 (frets 3–6)

234567 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 B♭

B♭ minor pentatonicB♭ major pentatonicB♭ blues scaleB♭ major scaleB♭ dorian modeB♭ phrygian modeB♭ lydian modeB♭ natural minor scaleB♭ locrian modeB♭ harmonic minor scaleB♭ melodic minor scale

Mixolydian mode in other keys

CD♭DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB