B Mixolydian ♭6Scale
Formula
B Mixolydian ♭6 on the chromatic circle
B Mixolydian ♭6 is the 5th mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
B Mixolydian ♭6 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 ♭6
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 ♭6 fits
Over a dominant 7 chord heading to a minor chord, where its ♭13 belongs. A bittersweet sound in film and pop.
B Mixolydian ♭6 is mode 5 of the melodic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- B Mixolydian ♭6
- C♯ Locrian ♮2
- D♯ Altered
- E Melodic minor
- F♯ Dorian ♭2
- G Lydian augmented
- A Lydian dominant
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Mixolydian ♭6 scale in every key
B Mixolydian ♭6 scale questions
What notes are in the B Mixolydian ♭6 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 ♭6 scale formula?
1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, W W H W H W 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 ♭6 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of B Mixolydian ♭6 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 ♭6 scale?
B7 (I), C♯m7♭5 (ii°), D♯m7♭5 (iii°), Em(maj7) (iv), F♯m7 (v), Gmaj7♯5 (♭VI+), A7 (♭VII).
When is the B Mixolydian ♭6 scale used?
Over a dominant 7 chord heading to a minor chord, where its ♭13 belongs. A bittersweet sound in film and pop.