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A♭ Mixolydian Scale

Major with a ♭7 — bluesy and dominant, the sound of countless rock and funk riffs.

On the keyboard

Green marks the root. Fingering is shown for the major scales, where the standard is settled; for this scale teachers genuinely differ, so start from the major-scale fingering in the same key and adjust to your hand.

The notes

A♭1
B♭2
C3
D♭4
E♭5
F6
G♭♭7

The chords inside it

Stack every other note of the scale and these seven chords fall out. Nobody chose them — they are a consequence of the spacing. Tap one to hear it.

Mixolydian in other keys

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