Ab Mixolydian

The scale displayed with its numeric formula, notes, intervals and scale degrees.

Formula	Notes	Intervals	Degrees
1	Ab	Unison	Tonic
2	Bb	Major second	Supertonic
3	C	Major third	Mediant
4	Db	Perfect fourth	Subdominant
5	Eb	Perfect fifth	Dominant
6	F	Sixth	Submediant
b7	Gb	Minor seventh	Subtonic

Chords that are related to this scale are the following:

Ab, Ab7, Ab9, Ab11, Ab13

Bbm, Bbm7, Bbm9, Bbm11

Cdim, Cm7b5

Db, Dbmaj7, Db6, Dbmaj9, Dbmaj13

Ebm, Ebm7, Ebm6, Ebm9, Ebm11, Ebm13

Fm, Fm7

Gb, Gbmaj7, Gb6/9, Gbmaj9, Gbmaj13

The tones in these chords correspond to the tones of the Ab Mixolydian scale (some chords have been excluded).

The A flat Mixolydian scale consists of seven notes. These can be described as steps on the guitar fingerboard according to the following formula: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half and whole from the first note to the same in the next octave.
The Ab Mixolydian is a mode of the Db Major Scale. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note.
The Ab Mixolydian is the same as the Ab Major apart from one note, the seventh in the scale.
Mixolydian can also be described as a Dominant mode. It includes all the notes of the related Dominant 7th chord, which is characterized by the minor seventh interval (as seen in the comparison below).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	b7
Ab Mixolydian	Ab	Bb	C	Db	Eb	F	Gb
Ab7	Ab		C		Eb		Gb

This scale is used in styles such as funk, blues and rock. The b7 creates a darker sound compared to Major.
One way to learn this scale is to think about it as a Major scale with a flattened seventh (Gb instead of G in case of Ab Mixolydian).

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