C Mixolydian ♭2Scale
Formula
C Mixolydian ♭2 on the chromatic circle
C Mixolydian ♭2 is the 5th mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
C 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 C 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 C Mixolydian ♭2 fits
Over 7♭9 chords: an exotic dominant sound in jazz and film music.
C 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:
- C Mixolydian ♭2
- D♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
- E Locrian 𝄫7
- F Harmonic major
- G Dorian ♭5
- A Phrygian ♭4
- B♭ Lydian ♭3
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Mixolydian ♭2 scale in every key
C Mixolydian ♭2 scale questions
What notes are in the C Mixolydian ♭2 scale?
C D♭ E F G A B♭. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 6 ♭7.
What is the C 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 C Mixolydian ♭2 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of C 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.
What chords are in the C Mixolydian ♭2 scale?
C7 (I), D♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), E°7 (iii°), Fmaj7 (IV), Gm7♭5 (v°), Am7 (vi), B♭m(maj7) (♭vii).
When is the C Mixolydian ♭2 scale used?
Over 7♭9 chords: an exotic dominant sound in jazz and film music.