Guitar scale
C Mixolydian Guitar Scale
C Mixolydian is a seven-note mode built from C, D, E, F, G, A, and Bb. It sounds major, but the lowered seventh gives it a bluesy dominant-chord color.
- Notes
- CDEFGABb
- Formula
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
- Semitones
- 0 2 4 5 7 9 10
- Parent scale
- F major
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers represent C root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to compare the C roots with the Bb notes that define the Mixolydian sound.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with C Mixolydian loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use C Mixolydian over C7 dominant chords and major blues progressions.
- The flat 7 makes it useful for rock, blues, funk, country, and dominant-chord vamps.