Tuning-specific scale diagram

C Mixolydian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

C Mixolydian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c mixolydian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, Bb
Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 4 5 7 9 10
Parent scale: F major
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Mixolydian Scale: string 2 Bb (b7). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Bbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, with the C root at fret 9. On the highest Eb string, the first C is at fret 9.

Fret 1E3

Fret 2F4

Fret 4G5

Fret 6A6

Fret 7Bbb7

Fret 9C1

Fret 11D2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Mixolydian Scale on the low Eb string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bb on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other scale tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.