E Mixolydian ♭2Scale
Formula
E Mixolydian ♭2 on the chromatic circle
E Mixolydian ♭2 is the 5th mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
E 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 E 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 E Mixolydian ♭2 fits
Over 7♭9 chords: an exotic dominant sound in jazz and film music.
E 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:
- E Mixolydian ♭2
- F Lydian augmented ♯2
- G♯ Locrian 𝄫7
- A Harmonic major
- B Dorian ♭5
- C♯ Phrygian ♭4
- D Lydian ♭3
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Mixolydian ♭2 scale in every key
E Mixolydian ♭2 scale questions
What notes are in the E Mixolydian ♭2 scale?
E F G♯ A B C♯ D. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 6 ♭7.
What is the E 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 E Mixolydian ♭2 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of E 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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.
What chords are in the E Mixolydian ♭2 scale?
E7 (I), Fmaj7♯5 (♭II+), G♯°7 (iii°), Amaj7 (IV), Bm7♭5 (v°), C♯m7 (vi), Dm(maj7) (♭vii).
When is the E Mixolydian ♭2 scale used?
Over 7♭9 chords: an exotic dominant sound in jazz and film music.