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Fig. 1 · Gb Mixolydian · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

G♭ Mixolydian

G♭1A♭2B♭3C♭4D♭5E♭6F♭♭7

Major with a flattened seventh: the scale that fits a dominant seventh chord without altering it.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are F♯ Mixolydian.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · Gb Mixolydian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

G♭WA♭WB♭HC♭WD♭WE♭HF♭WG♭

What is true of it

G♭ Mixolydian is G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭ and F♭, and back to G♭.

Its steps are W – W – H – W – W – H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

It costs 7 alterations to write — near the limit of what a key signature can carry.

On the same tonic, G♭ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 29 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

D♭mminorD♭m7minor seventhE♭mminorE♭m7minor seventhG♭majorG♭7dominant seventhA♭mminorA♭m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on G♭

G♭ DorianmodeG♭ PhrygianmodeG♭ LydianmodeG♭ majormajorG♭ natural minorminorG♭ harmonic minorminor

C mixC♯ mixD♭ mixD mixD♯ mixE♭ mixE mixF mixall 374