F Major Diatonic without Capo

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Thursday's awesomeness, tabbed in (low to high) E A D G B E standard tuning:

    F
e |-13------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B |-10------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G |-10------------------|--------------------|-----------------10--|
D |-10------------------|------10-----10-12--|-10-12-14--12-14-----|
A |-12-10-12--10-12-13--|-12-13----13--------|---------------------|
E |-13------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

                                                
e |---------------------|--------------------|-------10-----10-12--|
B |-----------------10--|---10-11--10-11-13--|-11-13-----13--------|
G |----10-12--10-12-----|-12-----------------|---------------------|
D |-14------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

              F           Bb       F
e |-10-12-13--13--------|-13-------13--------|
B |----------(13)-------|-15-------13--------|
G |-----------10--------|-15-------14--------|
D |-----------10--------|-15-------15--------|
A |-----------12--------|-13-------15--------|
E |-----------13--------|(13)------13--------|

F Ionian Mode (Guitar, Intermediate)

Mode: F Ionian

Related Scale: F major diatonic

Notes: F G A Bb C D E

Hollow Circles: F notes

Orange Circles: F major pentatonic, simple pattern

Gray Circles: F Ionian outside of the simple pattern

Example Chord Progression for Rhythm Guitar: F C F Bb F C F

F Major Diatonic (Guitar, Beginner)

Scale: F major diatonic

Notes: F G A Bb C D E

Hollow Circles: F notes

Orange Circles: F major pentatonic

Gray Circles: Bb and E notes

Example Chord Progression for Rhythm Guitar: F C Dm Bb

C Mixolydian Mode (Guitar, Intermediate)

A mode is just a certain way of expressing a scale. In this case, the C Mixolydian mode expresses the scale in the same way as the F major diatonic scale. The C Mixolydian mode contains the following notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, and Bb.

I personally like the spacey quality of this mode, and it works quite well in many chord progressions that involve the C major chord and the Bb major chord.

Also note that the major pentatonic scale is encoded within the Mixolydian mode (the same simple orange-circle pattern from a few days ago).