Bb Mixolydian
B flat Mixolydian scale for guitar.
The Bb Mixolydian is a seven-note scale, also called Bb Dominant Scale. Colored circles in the diagram mark the notes in the scale (darker color highlighting the root notes). In the fretboard pattern, the first root note is on the 6th string, 6th fret.
Bb Mixolydian 2 octaves
Bb Mixolydian full fretboard
Bb Mixolydian note names
The scale displayed with its numeric formula, notes, intervals and scale degrees.
| Formula | Notes | Intervals | Degrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bb | Unison | Tonic |
| 2 | C | Major second | Supertonic |
| 3 | D | Major third | Mediant |
| 4 | Eb | Perfect fourth | Subdominant |
| 5 | F | Perfect fifth | Dominant |
| 6 | G | Sixth | Submediant |
| b7 | Ab | Minor seventh | Subtonic |
Chords that are related to this scale are the following:
| Bb, Bb7, Bb9, Bb11, Bb13 |
| Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm11 |
| Ddim, Dm7b5 |
| Eb, Ebmaj7, Eb6, Ebmaj9, Ebmaj13 |
| Fm, Fm7, Fm6, Fm9, Fm11, Fm13 |
| Gm, Gm7 |
| Ab, Abmaj7, Ab6/9, Abmaj9, Abmaj13 |
The tones in these chords correspond to the tones of the Bb Mixolydian scale (some chords have been excluded).
The B flat Mixolydian scale consists of seven notes. These can be described as steps on the guitar fingerboard according to the following formula: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half and whole from the first note to the same in the next octave.
The Bb Mixolydian is a mode of the Eb Major Scale. It contains exactly the same notes, but starts on another note.
The Bb Mixolydian is the same as the Bb Major apart from one note, the seventh in the scale.
Mixolydian can also be described as a Dominant mode. It includes all the notes of the related Dominant 7th chord, which is characterized by the minor seventh interval (as seen in the comparison below).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | b7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bb Mixolydian | Bb | C | D | Eb | F | G | Ab |
| Bb7 | Bb | D | F | Ab |
This scale is used in styles such as funk, blues and rock. The b7 creates a darker sound compared to Major.
One way to learn this scale is to think about it as a Major scale with a flattened seventh (Ab instead of A in case of Bb Mixolydian).
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