Ab Mixolydian
Ab Mixolydian mode for bass guitar presented by diagram.
The A flat Mixolydian displayed as fingerboard diagram for bass. The notes are marked in blue color, root notes are the darker ones.
Ab Mixolydian one octave
Ab Mixolydian full fretboard
Ab Mixolydian with note names
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 |
The A flat Mixolydian consists of seven notes. It can be described in steps as a formula which is written as whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step and whole step from the first note to first note in the next octave.
The Ab Mixolydian is the fifth mode of the Db Major Scale, they contain the same notes, but starts on different notes.
Mixolydian deviates with only one note, the 7th, compared to the Major. The mode has similarities to the dominant 7th chord.
Ab Mixolydian scale tablature for four-string bass.
The numbers above the tablature are suggested fingerings.