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E mixolydian augmented Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12

A string: A, B#, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A at frets 0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12

D string: D, E, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

G string: G#, A, B#, C#, D, E, F# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

B string: B#, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A at frets 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

High E string: E, F#, G#, A, B#, C#, D, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12

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E 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:

E

I+

Eaug
F♯

ii

F♯m
G♯

III

G#maj♭5
A

IV

Amaj
B♯

#V

D7no5/B♯
C♯

vi

C♯m
D

bVII

Dmaj

Same notes, different mode

E 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.

F# romani minorG# locrian dominantA ionian major #2B# ultralocrianC# neapolitan minorD lydian #6

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

tip
  • Over a 7#5 chord on E, this scale keeps the natural 6th (C#) that the whole tone scale loses; use VI to soften the augmented tension.
  • Resolve #V (C) up to VI, then bVII (D) 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 E.
  • 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 E mixolydian augmented on guitar

Both E strings are open roots, and the open A adds the fourth, so a drone costs you nothing here. Augmented fifth is B#, which means the open B string sits outside the scale. Four open strings are in play. Box one starts at the nut and fret 4 opens the next position, so the low shape is only four frets deep. I+ is Eaug, the tonic triad itself, letting you voice the raised fifth straight out of the chord.

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