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Fig. 1 · Eb Mixolydian · first 12 frets

guitar scale

E♭ Mixolydian

E♭1F2G3A♭4B♭5C6D♭♭7

Major with a flattened seventh: the scale that fits a dominant seventh chord without altering it.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♯ Mixolydian.

on ukuleleon piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Eb Mixolydian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

E♭WFWGHA♭WB♭WCHD♭WE♭

What is true of it

E♭ Mixolydian is E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C and D♭, and back to E♭.

Its steps are W – W – H – W – W – H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, E♭ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 43 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmminorCm7minor seventhD♭majorD♭maj7major seventhE♭majorE♭7dominant seventhFmminorFm7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on E♭

E♭ DorianmodeE♭ PhrygianmodeE♭ LydianmodeE♭ majormajorE♭ natural minorminorE♭ harmonic minorminor

C mixC♯ mixD♭ mixD mixE mixF mixF♯ mixG♭ mixall 374