SCALE REFERENCE

G♭ Mixolydian

G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – C♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F♭1 2 3 4 5 6 b7

Also written F♯ 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 & degrees
G♭1A♭2B♭3C♭4D♭5E♭6F♭b7
NotesGb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
C♭F♭G♭A♭B♭D♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭BC♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭DE♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭

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

357912AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭EF♭G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭CD♭E♭F♭G♭A♭B♭C♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IG♭G♭7
iiA♭mA♭m7
iii°B♭dimB♭m7♭5
IVC♭C♭maj7
vD♭mD♭m7
viE♭mE♭m7
♭VIIF♭F♭maj7

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

IG♭iiA♭miii°B♭dimIVC♭vD♭mviE♭m♭VIIF♭
Other scales on G♭

Core scales & modes

G♭ MajorG♭ Natural MinorG♭ Harmonic MinorG♭ Melodic MinorG♭ DorianG♭ PhrygianG♭ LydianG♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G♭ Major PentatonicG♭ Minor PentatonicG♭ BluesG♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♭ Harmonic MajorG♭ Phrygian DominantG♭ Lydian DominantG♭ AlteredG♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G♭ Whole ToneG♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)G♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)G♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G♭ Hungarian MinorG♭ Double Harmonic MajorG♭ 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.