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F♯ mixolydian pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

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

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

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

G string: A#, B, C#, E, F# at frets 3, 4, 6, 9, 11

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

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

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F# 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:

F♯

I

A♯

III

B

IV

C♯

V

E

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 (E); over a F#7 vamp, it is all signal and no filler.
  • Resolve the 4th (B) down to the 3rd (A#) as the built-in melodic move.
  • Where the major pentatonic avoids tension, this keeps the bVII (E): 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 F♯ mixolydian pentatonic on guitar

Both E strings and the open B fall in the key, putting a minor seventh and a fourth under your fingers with no root or fifth among them. Fret 2 on both E strings holds the nut-side roots, so first-position work has an anchor at either end of the neck. Capo at the 2nd fret and E shapes fit. Fret 9 on the A and fret 4 on the D share a pitch, which means one root sits under two different fingerings before fret 11 on the G takes the shape higher.

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