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G mixolydian mode on guitar

G A B C D E F (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

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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 1–6)

1234567 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 4–8)

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Position 3 (frets 7–10)

67891011 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 8–13)

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Position 5 (frets 12–15)

111213141516 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 G

G minor pentatonicG major pentatonicG blues scaleG major scaleG dorian modeG phrygian modeG lydian modeG natural minor scaleG locrian modeG harmonic minor scaleG melodic minor scale

Mixolydian mode in other keys

CD♭DE♭EFF♯A♭AB♭B