B♭ Mixolydian ♭2Scale
Formula
B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 on the chromatic circle
B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 is the 5th mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 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 ♭2
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 ♭2 fits
Over 7♭9 chords: an exotic dominant sound in jazz and film music.
B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 is mode 5 of the harmonic major family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- B♭ Mixolydian ♭2
- C♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
- D Locrian 𝄫7
- E♭ Harmonic major
- F Dorian ♭5
- G Phrygian ♭4
- A♭ Lydian ♭3
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Mixolydian ♭2 scale in every key
B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 scale questions
What notes are in the B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 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 ♭2 scale formula?
1 ♭2 3 4 5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ 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 ♭2 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 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 ♭2 scale?
B♭7 (I), C♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), D°7 (iii°), E♭maj7 (IV), Fm7♭5 (v°), Gm7 (vi), A♭m(maj7) (♭vii).
When is the B♭ Mixolydian ♭2 scale used?
Over 7♭9 chords: an exotic dominant sound in jazz and film music.