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B mixolydian pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, A, B, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12

A string: A, B, D#, E, F#, A at frets 0, 2, 6, 7, 9, 12

D string: D#, E, F#, A, B at frets 1, 2, 4, 7, 9

G string: A, B, D#, E, F# at frets 2, 4, 8, 9, 11

B string: B, D#, E, F#, A, B at frets 0, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12

High E string: E, F#, A, B, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12

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B mixolydian pentatonic

The mixolydian pentatonic, also catalogued as the Indian pentatonic, is root, major 3rd, 4th, 5th and flat 7th: a dominant 7th chord plus the 4th. It gives you the mixolydian sound in five notes, ideal over a static 7th chord vamp when the full mode feels busy. The 4th resolving down to the 3rd is its built-in melodic hook.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

B

I

D♯

III

E

IV

F♯

V

A

bVII

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

tip
  • A dominant 7th chord plus the 4th: root, III, IV, V, bVII (A); over a B7 vamp, it is all signal and no filler.
  • Resolve the 4th (E) down to the 3rd (D#) as the built-in melodic move.
  • Where the major pentatonic avoids tension, this keeps the bVII (A): use it when the chord is a 7th, not a triad.
  • Its five notes also cover the sus-to-major resolution: hold IV against the chord, then land III.

How to play B mixolydian pentatonic on guitar

Open B is the tonic here, with both E strings on the fourth against it, so an open-string wash sits under anything you play up the neck. Fret 9 on the D and fret 4 on the G repeat that open B pitch, letting one note be voiced three ways. Fret 2 gives the nearest fretted root on the A string, a unison with fret 7 on the low E rather than a lower note. Two capo frets turn A fingerings into this.

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