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G mixolydian b6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, G, A, B, C, D, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

A string: A, B, C, D, Eb, F, G, A at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

D string: D, Eb, F, G, A, B, C, D at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12

G string: G, A, B, C, D, Eb, F, G at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

B string: B, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, B at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

High E string: F, G, A, B, C, D, Eb at frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

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G mixolydian b6

The mixolydian b6 scale, the fifth mode of the melodic minor scale, is a dominant scale whose top half turns minor: natural 3rd, flat 6th, flat 7th. The b6 gives the plain mixolydian sound a bittersweet, almost cinematic shading. It is the natural choice over a V7 resolving to a minor chord, spelling the coming darkness in advance.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

G

I

Gmaj
A

ii°

Adim
B

iii°

Bdim
C

iv

Cm
D

v

Dm
E♭

bVI+

E♭aug
F

bVII

Fmaj

Characteristic notes: Eb (b6) and F (b7), a dominant sound with a darkened sixth, halfway to minor.

Same notes, different mode

G mixolydian b6 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.

A locrian #2B alteredC melodic minorD dorian b2Eb lydian augmentedF lydian dominant

mixolydian b6 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Use G mixolydian b6 (Eb) over a V7 resolving to a minor chord: the flat 6th (Eb) previews the minor destination inside the dominant bar.
  • It is the fifth mode of melodic minor; over a static dominant vamp, alternate it with plain mixolydian and let the 6th tell the story.
  • Lean on b6 (Eb) falling to V, the scale's built-in sigh, especially over the chord's own 5th in the bass.
  • Try it over the IV7 chord in a minor blues in the key a 4th below G; the borrowed darkness fits perfectly.

How to play G mixolydian b6 on guitar

Open G is the root and the open D the fifth, which lets you drone both under anything played above. Open A and open B fill in as second and third, which puts four in-scale open strings inside one key. Aside from that open G, the nearest fretted roots are at fret 3 on both E strings. Cm takes the iv, Dm the v.

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