Eb Mixolydian

E flat Mixolydian scale for guitar.
The Eb Mixolydian is a seven-note scale, also called Eb Dominant Scale. Colored circles in the diagram mark the notes in the scale (darker color highlighting the root notes). In the fretboard pattern, the first root note is on the 6th string, 11th fret.

Eb Mixolydian 2 octaves

Eb Mixolydian scale diagram

Eb Mixolydian full fretboard

Eb Mixolydian scale whole guitar neck diagram

Eb Mixolydian note names

Eb Mixolydian scale with note letters diagram
Notes: Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - Db Intervals: 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 Type: Septonic 

The scale displayed with its numeric formula, notes, intervals and scale degrees.

Formula Notes Intervals Degrees
1 Eb Unison Tonic
2 F Major second Supertonic
3 G Major third Mediant
4 Ab Perfect fourth Subdominant
5 Bb Perfect fifth Dominant
6 C Sixth Submediant
b7 Db Minor seventh Subtonic

Chords that are related to this scale are the following:

Eb, Eb7, Eb9, Eb11, Eb13
Fm, Fm7, Fm9, Fm11
Gdim, Gm7b5
Ab, Abmaj7, Ab6, Abmaj9, Abmaj13
Bbm, Bbm7, Bbm6, Bbm9, Bbm11, Bbm13
Cm, Cm7
Db, Dbmaj7, Db6/9, Dbmaj9, Dbmaj13

The tones in these chords correspond to the tones of the Eb Mixolydian scale (some chords have been excluded).

The E flat Mixolydian scale consists of seven notes. These can be described as steps on the guitar fingerboard according to the following formula: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half and whole from the first note to the same in the next octave.
The Eb Mixolydian is a mode of the Ab Major Scale. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note.
The Eb Mixolydian is the same as the Eb Major apart from one note, the seventh in the scale.
Mixolydian can also be described as a Dominant mode. It includes all the notes of the related Dominant 7th chord, which is characterized by the minor seventh interval (as seen in the comparison below).

  1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
Eb Mixolydian Eb F G Ab Bb C Db
Eb7 Eb   G   Bb   Db

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