B♭ MixolydianScale
Formula
B♭ Mixolydian on the chromatic circle
B♭ Mixolydian is the 5th mode of the Major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
B♭ Mixolydian across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Chords in B♭ Mixolydian
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where B♭ Mixolydian fits
Major with a ♭7: blues-rock, classic rock, funk and folk over dominant 7 chords. The sound of I–♭VII–IV progressions.
B♭ Mixolydian is mode 5 of the major family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Mixolydian scale in every key
B♭ Mixolydian scale questions
What notes are in the B♭ Mixolydian scale?
B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7.
What is the B♭ Mixolydian scale formula?
1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, W W H W W H W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the B♭ Mixolydian scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of B♭ Mixolydian up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.
What chords are in the B♭ Mixolydian scale?
B♭7 (I), Cm7 (ii), Dm7♭5 (iii°), E♭maj7 (IV), Fm7 (v), Gm7 (vi), A♭maj7 (♭VII).
When is the B♭ Mixolydian scale used?
Major with a ♭7: blues-rock, classic rock, funk and folk over dominant 7 chords. The sound of I–♭VII–IV progressions.