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Jazz Piano · The V7 Scale

Mixolydian Mode

1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – ♭7 — major with flat 7, twelve keys

Mixolydian is the 5th mode of major — the major scale with a ♭7. C mixolydian: C D E F G A B♭ C. The flatted 7 turns the tonic chord from a maj7 into a dom7, making this scale the natural fit for any V7 chord in functional harmony.

Used over dominant 7 chords (especially V7 resolving to I) and as the home scale of major-key blues. The 3 keeps the dominant function; the ♭7 keeps it pulling toward resolution. Every blues I7 — even though it's a tonic — uses this scale.

Now 2 octaves, both hands — the same pattern extended up and back with fingering marked above every note in each hand.

Intervals

1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – ♭7. Major with flat 7.

Use

Over V7 (functional) and over blues I7.

01

C dominant

3 2 4 1 O O C 7 C 7 3 2 4 1 O O
02

F dominant

1 3 1 2 1 1 F 7 F 7 1 3 1 2 1 1
03

B♭ dominant

1 2 1 3 1 X B 7 1 2 1 3 1 X B 7
04

E♭ dominant

E 7 1 3 2 4 X X 1 3 2 4 X X E 7
05

A♭ dominant

A 7 1 3 1 2 1 1 4fr 1 3 1 2 1 1 4fr A 7
06

D♭ dominant

2 3 1 4 X X D 7 2 3 1 4 X X D 7
07

G♭ dominant

1 3 1 2 1 1 G 7 G 7 1 3 1 2 1 1
08

B dominant

B 7 2 1 3 4 X O 2 1 3 4 X O B 7
09

E dominant

2 1 O O O O E 7 2 1 O O O O E 7
10

A dominant

1 3 X O O O A 7 1 3 X O O O A 7
11

D dominant

2 1 3 X X O D 7 D 7 2 1 3 X X O
12

G dominant

G 7 3 2 1 O O O G 7 3 2 1 O O O

Major with a flat 7. Every dominant chord lives in this scale.

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