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F Mixolydian Pentatonic (alt) scale

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About the F Mixolydian Pentatonic (alt) scale

F Mixolydian Pentatonic (alt) is another five-note dominant color from the mixolydian scale. It's used for blues, rock and jam-band solos.

Positions

Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.

Pentatonic boxes

The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.

Box 1fr 1
Box 2fr 3
Box 3fr 5
Box 4fr 8
Box 5fr 11

Notes and intervals

1 F Root
2 G Major 2nd
3 A Major 3rd
4 C Perfect 5th
5 E flat Minor 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Related scales

Mixolydian Pentatonic (alt) in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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