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A♭ mixolydian augmented Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

A string: Bb, C, Db, E, F, Gb, Ab at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

D string: E, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, Db at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

G string: Ab, Bb, C, Db, E, F, Gb at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

B string: C, Db, E, F, Gb, Ab, Bb at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

High E string: E, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, Db, E at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

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Ab mixolydian augmented

The mixolydian augmented scale, the third mode of the neapolitan minor scale, is mixolydian with a raised 5th: a dominant 7th sound whose 5th has been pushed up. It matches 7#5 chords exactly, offering a whole-tone flavor that keeps the natural 6th for melodic relief. Use it where an augmented dominant needs more than the whole tone scale offers.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

A♭

I+

A♭aug
B♭

ii

B♭m
C

III

Cmaj♭5
D♭

IV

D♭maj
E

#V

G♭7no5/E
F

vi

Fm
G♭

bVII

G♭maj

Same notes, different mode

Ab mixolydian augmented uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

Bb romani minorC locrian dominantDb ionian major #2E ultralocrianF neapolitan minorGb lydian #6

mixolydian augmented in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Over a 7#5 chord on Ab, this scale keeps the natural 6th (F) that the whole tone scale loses; use VI to soften the augmented tension.
  • Resolve #V (E) up to VI, then bVII (Gb) down toward the 3rd of the next chord; the scale spells its own voice leading.
  • It is the third mode of neapolitan minor: borrow that fingering from a major 6th below Ab.
  • Alternate it with plain mixolydian over a static dominant riff; sliding the 5th up and back a half step animates the vamp.

How to play A♭ mixolydian augmented on guitar

Only the two E strings fall in this key, and both give the augmented fifth, so open-string ringing pushes against the tonic. Lowest root sits at fret 4 on the low E string, while the nearest-nut root waits at fret 1 on the G string. Four flats on the page. Capo at fret 1 hands the shapes to G, which lets you borrow open-position fingerings from that key. Bbm sits at ii, giving you a minor grip inside a key built on an augmented tonic.

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