Fretwork

D Mixolydian

Major with a flat seventh. The scale that fits a dominant seventh chord, which is most of blues and rock.

Notes DEF#GABC
Degrees 123456♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 2 semitones · 4 semitones · 5 semitones · 7 semitones · 9 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEGABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#G
Positions

Each of these fits under one hand without shifting. Learn one until you can play it without looking before starting the next.

Position at fret 4

579EADGBEABCDEF#F#GABBCDEEF#GABC

Position at fret 9

91215EADGBEDEF#F#GABBCDEEF#GAABCDEF#

Other keys