SCALE REFERENCE

E Mixolydian

E – F♯ – G♯ – A – B – C♯ – D1 2 3 4 5 6 b7

Major with a flat 7th — the sound of blues-rock and folk. The 5th mode of the major scale; the scale over a dominant 7th chord.

Notes & degrees
E1F♯2G♯3A4B5C♯6Db7
NotesE, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
EABDF♯G♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯ABC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯DDEF♯G♯ABC♯DAABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DE

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DECC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IEE7
iiF♯mF♯m7
iii°G♯dimG♯m7♭5
IVAAmaj7
vBmBm7
viC♯mC♯m7
♭VIIDDmaj7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

IEiiF♯miii°G♯dimIVAvBmviC♯m♭VIID
Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Natural MinorE Harmonic MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE PhrygianE LydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE BluesE Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Phrygian DominantE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE Double Harmonic MajorE Neapolitan Minor
Mixolydian on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.