Guitar UpscaleMixo-Blues Scale on guitar
The Mixo-Blues scale mixes the blues scale and Mixolydian, with both thirds over a flat seventh.
| Notes in A | A B# C# D Eb Fb G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 #2 3 4 b5 bb6 b7 |
| Steps | W+H H H H H W+H W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 7 |
| Style in the app | Blues, scale "Mixo-Blues" |
Play the A Mixo-Blues Scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Mixo-Blues Scale
The notes are root, flat 3rd, 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 5th and flat 7th.
It holds every note of the dominant 7th chord, plus the flat 3rd and flat 5th blue notes.
Use it over a dominant 7th groove that stays on one chord.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| #2 | Minor 3rd | 3 | B# |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| b5 | Tritone | 6 | Eb |
| bb6 | Perfect 5th | 7 | Fb |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Chords in the A Mixo-Blues Scale
Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I | A(b5) | A7b5 |
| #II | none | none |
| III | none | none |
| IV | Dsus2 | none |
| bV | none | none |
| bbVI | none | none |
| bVII | Gsus4 | none |
Mixo-Blues Scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D# E F Gb G Bb | Open |
| C# | C# E E# F# G Ab B | Open |
| D | D E# F# G Ab A C | Open |
| Eb | Eb F# G Ab A Bb Db | Open |
| E | E G G# A Bb Cb D | Open |
| F | F G# A Bb Cb C Eb | Open |
| F# | F# A A# B C Db E | Open |
| G | G A# B C Db D F | Open |
| G# | G# B B# C# D Eb F# | Open |
| A | A B# C# D Eb Fb G | Open |
| Bb | Bb C# D Eb Fb F Ab | Open |
| B | B D D# E F Gb A | Open |