Also written G♭ Mixolydian — the same pitches spelled the other way.
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 | F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E |
|---|---|
| Steps | W – W – H – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half) |
Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.
The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| I | F♯ | F♯7 |
| ii | G♯m | G♯m7 |
| iii° | A♯dim | A♯m7♭5 |
| IV | B | Bmaj7 |
| v | C♯m | C♯m7 |
| vi | D♯m | D♯m7 |
| ♭VII | E | Emaj7 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
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.