Mixolydian Vamp Progression in A#/Bb Mixolydian for Guitar

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

Notes: Bb C D Eb F G Ab

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--6---8-----|
B|--5---6---8-|
G|--5---6---8-|
D|--5---7---8-|
A|--6---8---9-|
E|--6---8-----|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 10`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`10 11 12 10 x x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`

Mixolydian Vamp (I–♭VII)

Chords: Bb – Ab

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`6 5 3 3 3 4`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 6 x`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`

Mixolydian Vamp (I–♭VII)

Chords: Bb7 – Abmaj7

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 1 0 1 1 1`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 13 12 13 13 10`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 1`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 7 6 4`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`

Mixolydian Vamp (I–♭VII)

Chords: Bb9 – Abmaj9

e|1-----------------------1---4---1-----------------------1---4---|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
B|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|
G|1-----------1---3---------------1-----------1---3---------------|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|
D|0---0---3-----------------------0---0---3-----------------------|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|
A|1-------------------------------1-------------------------------|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

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