C Mixolydian Mandolin Scale, Chords & Progressions

The C Mixolydian scale on mandolin: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: C D E F G A Bb

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Third Position

E|--9--10--12--14-|
A|--8--10--12--14-|
D|--8--10--12--13-|
G|--8--10--12--13-|

4NPS - Fourth Position

E|-10--12--14--15-|
A|-10--12--14--15-|
D|-10--12--13--15-|
G|-10--12--13--15-|

4NPS - Fifth Position

E|--0---2---3---5-|
A|--0---2---3---5-|
D|--0---1---3---5-|
G|--0---1---3---5-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	C	C E G	`0 2 3 0`
I	C	C E G	`0 2 3 3`
I	C	C E G	`5 5 3 3`
I	C	C E G	`5 2 3 3`
II	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
II	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 5`
II	Dm	D F A	`7 7 5 5`
II	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
III	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 1 0`
III	Edim	E G Bb	`x 2 1 0`
III	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 1 0`
III	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 1 x`
IV	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
IV	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
IV	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
IV	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`
VI	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 0`
VI	Am	A C E	`2 2 0 0`
VI	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5`
VI	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 5`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 1 1`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`

Arpeggios

Chords: C – Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb

E|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|------------------------0---3---5---1---0-----------------------|
A|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|
D|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|2-------2---5---------------------------------------3---2-------|
G|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|

E|1-------1---5---3---0-----------1-------1---5---3---0-----------|--------------------0---3---0-----------------------------------|
A|1---5-------------------3---1---1---5-------------------3---1---|3-----------1---3---------------3---0---------------3-----------|
D|12------------------------------12------------------------------|2---2---5-------------------------------5---2-------2---2---5---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|5-----------------------------------------------5---5-----------|

E|----------------------------5---6---3---------------------------|------------------------0---3---5---1---0-----------------------|
A|1-------------------5---8---------------8---5-------------------|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|
D|0-------3---7---8-------------------------------8---5---3-------|2-------2---5---------------------------------------3---2-------|
G|3---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|

E|------------------------1---5---6---3---1-----------------------|
A|1---------------1---5-----------------------5---1---------------|
D|0-------3---7---------------------------------------5---3-------|
G|3---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|

Walks

Chords: C – Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|----------------2-------3-------5---3-------2-------------------|
G|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

E|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|------------------------0-------1---0---------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------2-------5---------------------------5-----------2-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------3-------5-------7---5-------3-------------------|----------------2-------3-------5---3-------2-------------------|
G|3-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------3-------5-------7---5-------3-------------------|
G|3-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	C7	C E G Bb	`5 5 3 6`
I	C7	C E G Bb	`5 5 7 6`
I	C7	C E G Bb	`5 8 7 6`
I	C7	C E G Bb	`5 8 7 8`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`
III	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
III	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
IV	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 0`
IV	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 5`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 0`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 3`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`2 2 3 3`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 7 8`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 5`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 10`

Arpeggios

Chords: C7 – Dm7 – Em7b5 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7

E|------------------------3---6---8---5---3-----------------------|------------------------3---6---8---5---3-----------------------|
A|3---------------3---7-----------------------7---3---------------|3---------------3---7-----------------------7---3---------------|
D|2-------5---8---------------------------------------7---5-------|2-------5---8---------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|5---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|5---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|

E|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|------------------------0---3---5---1---0-----------------------|
A|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|
D|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|2-------2---5---------------------------------------3---2-------|
G|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|

E|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|
A|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|
D|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|
G|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|

E|------------------------5---8---10--6---5-----------------------|
A|0---------------5---8-----------------------8---5---------------|
D|3-------7---10--------------------------------------8---7-------|
G|7---10------------------------------------------------------10--|

Walks

Chords: C7 – Dm7 – Em7b5 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-------7-------8---7-------5-------------------|----------------5-------7-------8---7-------5-------------------|
G|5-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|5-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|----------------2-------3-------5---3-------2-------------------|
G|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|
G|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------7-------8-------10--8-------7-------------------|
G|7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 1 0`
I	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 0 3 0`
I	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 0 3 3`
I	C9	C E G Bb D	`5 0 1 0`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 0 3 0`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 3 3 0`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 2 3 1`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`5 0 0 0`
III	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
III	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 5 1`
III	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 3 5 0`
III	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 3 5 0`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 1`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 3 1`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 3 0 0`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 3 3 0`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 1`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 0 1 1`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 0 1`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 3 0 3`
VI	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`12 10 13 12`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 1`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`3 0 3 5`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`5 0 0 1`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`5 0 1 5`

Arpeggios

Chords: C9 – Dm9 – Em7b5b9 – Fmaj9 – Gm9 – Am7b9 – Bbmaj9

E|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|------------------------0---3---5---1---0-----------------------|
A|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|
D|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|2-------2---5---------------------------------------3---2-------|
G|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|

E|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|
A|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|
D|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|
G|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|

E|----------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|3-----------------------10--13--15--12--10----------------------|
A|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|5---------------10--13----------------------13--10--------------|
D|0-------0---3---5-------------------------------5---2---0-------|8-------12--15--------------------------------------14--12------|
G|0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|12--15------------------------------------------------------15--|

E|------------------------0---3---5---1---0-----------------------|
A|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|
D|2-------2---5---------------------------------------3---2-------|
G|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|

Walks

Chords: C9 – Dm9 – Em7b5b9 – Fmaj9 – Gm9 – Am7b9 – Bbmaj9

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|----------------2-------3-------5---3-------2-------------------|
G|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|
G|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------3---2-------0-------------------|----------------12------14------15--14------12------------------|
G|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|12------15----------------------------------------------15------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------2-------3-------5---3-------2-------------------|
G|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

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