Guitar scale
F# Mixolydian Guitar Scale
F# Mixolydian is a seven-note scale built from F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, and E. It is the 5th relative mode of B major. Use it to study the scale's notes, interval formula, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Notes
- F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E
- Formula
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
- Semitones
- 0 2 4 5 7 9 10
- Parent scale
- B major
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers representF# root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the F# root notes and connect the remaining mixolydian tones across standard tuning.
Sound and defining tones
F# Mixolydian combines a major third with a flat seventh: 3 (A#) and b7 (E). That interval pair outlines a dominant seventh sound and separates the mode from ordinary F# major.
- Characteristic tones
- 3A#b7E
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with F# Mixolydian loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
Use F# Mixolydian over F#7 harmony, dominant vamps, and blues or rock progressions centered on F#. The flat seventh must agree with the chord or accompaniment.
- Use F# Mixolydian over F#7 dominant chords and major blues progressions.
- The flat 7 makes it useful for rock, blues, funk, country, and dominant-chord vamps.
Practice this scale on guitar
- Play F# Mixolydian from one F# root to the next in at least two fretboard positions, saying each note name and scale degree aloud.
- Outline the root, 3 (A#) and b7 (E), and fifth as a dominant seventh arpeggio, then fill the gaps with neighboring scale tones.
- Improvise over a static F#7 chord and resolve phrases from the flat seventh to the sixth, fifth, or root.