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Eb Mixolydian scale

It has 7 notes: Eb F G Ab Bb C Db. Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7.

Degree123456♭7
NoteEbFGAbBbCDb

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Position 2Open position, frets 0–4 · root Eb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 1 (2), 3 (3), 4 (4)
  • B: 1 (6), 2 (b7), 4 (1)
  • G: 0 (3), 1 (4), 3 (5)
  • D: 1 (1), 3 (2)
  • A: 1 (5), 3 (6), 4 (b7)
  • E: 1 (2), 3 (3), 4 (4)
Position 3Frets 2–6 · root Eb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 3 (3), 4 (4), 6 (5)
  • B: 2 (b7), 4 (1), 6 (2)
  • G: 3 (5), 5 (6)
  • D: 3 (2), 5 (3), 6 (4)
  • A: 3 (6), 4 (b7), 6 (1)
  • E: 3 (3), 4 (4), 6 (5)
Position 4Frets 5–9 · root Eb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 6 (5), 8 (6), 9 (b7)
  • B: 6 (2), 8 (3), 9 (4)
  • G: 5 (6), 6 (b7), 8 (1)
  • D: 5 (3), 6 (4), 8 (5)
  • A: 6 (1), 8 (2)
  • E: 6 (5), 8 (6), 9 (b7)
Position 5Frets 8–11 · root Eb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 8 (6), 9 (b7), 11 (1)
  • B: 8 (3), 9 (4), 11 (5)
  • G: 8 (1), 10 (2)
  • D: 8 (5), 10 (6), 11 (b7)
  • A: 8 (2), 10 (3), 11 (4)
  • E: 8 (6), 9 (b7), 11 (1)
Position 1Frets 10–14 · root Eb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (1), 13 (2)
  • B: 11 (5), 13 (6), 14 (b7)
  • G: 10 (2), 12 (3), 13 (4)
  • D: 10 (6), 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • A: 10 (3), 11 (4), 13 (5)
  • E: 11 (1), 13 (2)
3 notes per string, from the rootFrets 11–16 · root Eb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 13 (2), 15 (3), 16 (4)
  • B: 13 (6), 14 (b7), 16 (1)
  • G: 12 (3), 13 (4), 15 (5)
  • D: 11 (b7), 13 (1), 15 (2)
  • A: 11 (4), 13 (5), 15 (6)
  • E: 11 (1), 13 (2), 15 (3)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

This scale in other keys

Other scales in Eb

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