Guitar scale companion
Learn the C Mixolydian mode on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every C Mixolydian Mode note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
C Mixolydian, C shape: the box around the C-shape C chord, taken from the E box of F Major (Ionian).
C shape tab (0-4) e |-0--1-----3---| B |----1-----3---| G |-0-----2--3---| D |-0-----2--3---| A |-0--1-----3---| E |-0--1-----3---|
C Mixolydian, A shape: the box around the A-shape C chord, taken from the D box of F Major (Ionian).
A shape tab (2-6) e |----3-----5--6| B |----3-----5--6| G |-2--3-----5---| D |-2--3-----5---| A |----3-----5---| E |----3-----5--6|
C Mixolydian, G shape: the box around the G-shape C chord, taken from the C box of F Major (Ionian).
G shape tab (5-9) e |-5--6-----8---| B |-5--6-----8---| G |-5-----7------| D |-5-----7--8---| A |-5-----7--8---| E |-5--6-----8---|
C Mixolydian, E shape: the box around the E-shape C chord, taken from the A box of F Major (Ionian).
E shape tab (7-11) e |----8----10---| B |----8----10-11| G |-7-----9-10---| D |-7--8----10---| A |-7--8----10---| E |----8----10---|
C Mixolydian, D shape: the box around the D-shape C chord, taken from the G box of F Major (Ionian).
D shape tab (9-13) e |---10----12-13| B |---10-11----13| G |-9-10----12---| D |---10----12---| A |---10----12-13| E |---10----12-13|