Tuning-specific scale diagram
F# Mixolydian Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning
F# Mixolydian Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same f# mixolydian scale pitch classes across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string extends the pattern below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.
- Scale 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
- Tuning
- B E A D G B E
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- B1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- B1 to E6
Open strings and root positions
4 of the 7 open strings belong to F# Mixolydian Scale: string 7 B (4), string 6 E (b7), string 2 B (4), and string 1 E (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with the F# root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play F# Mixolydian Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets B on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest F# root and two other scale tones.
- Connect the F# root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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