Mixolydian Vamp Progression in G#/Ab Mixolydian for Guitar

The G#/Ab Mixolydian scale on guitar (G sharp / A flat mixolydian): the Mixolydian Vamp progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Ab Bb C Db Eb F Gb

Tuning: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--4---6-----|
B|--3---4---6-|
G|--3---4---6-|
D|--3---5---6-|
A|--4---6---7-|
E|--4---6-----|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
III	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 3 4 5 4 x`
III	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 10 8 7 8`
III	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`8 9 10 8 x x`
III	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`

Mixolydian Vamp (I–♭VII)

Chords: Ab – Gb

e|4---------------------------2---4---4---------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
B|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|2---------------------------6---7---2---------------------------|
G|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|1-------1---4-----------------------1-------1---4---------------|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|
A|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 1 1 1 2`
I	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 4 1 1 4`
I	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
I	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 6 5 7 4`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
III	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
III	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
III	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
III	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 1 x`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 1`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 4`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 4`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 6`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`

Mixolydian Vamp (I–♭VII)

Chords: Ab7 – Gbmaj7

e|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|1-------------------------------2---1---------------------------|
B|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|2-----------------------2---6-------2-----------------------2---|
G|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|3-------------------3---------------3-------------------3-------|
D|1-------1---4-----------------------1-------1---4---------------|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|
A|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|4---1---4---------------------------4---1---4-------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
I	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 8`
I	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 11`
I	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 6 6 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 8 6 6 6 8`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x x 1 1 1`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 10 8 11 9`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x x 3 2 2`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 3 x x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 1 1 1 x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 3 5 4 x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 8 10 8 x x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 11 10 8 x x`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
VI	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
VI	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 5 4 2`
VI	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
VI	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`

Mixolydian Vamp (I–♭VII)

Chords: Ab9 – Gbmaj9

e|----------------------------2---4-------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
B|4-----------------------4-----------4-----------------------4---|------------------------2---6-------------------------------2---|
G|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1-------------------3---------------1-------------------3-------|
D|4-------1---4-----------------------4-------1---4---------------|3-----------3---4-------------------3-----------3---4-----------|
A|1---3-------------------------------1---3-----------------------|1---1---4---------------------------1---1---4-------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|

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