What chords are in D Mixolydian ♭6?

Triads: D, E°, F♯°, Gm, Am, B♭+, C. Seventh chords: D7, Em7♭5, F♯m7♭5, Gm(maj7), Am7, B♭maj7♯5, C7.

Where do you play D Mixolydian ♭6 on banjo?

There are 7 positions; the first one starts on the root, between frets 0 and 3.

What chords can you improvise over with D Mixolydian ♭6?

Tonic vamp (I): a D7 vamp. A single chord: hear how each note of the scale sounds against the root. Also: Two chords (D7 | Em7♭5).

D Mixolydian ♭6 scale on banjo: notes, chords and positions

Tuning

Tap a key to hear it · hold it to make it the root

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Chords of the scale tap one to hear it and see it on the instrument

Formula W whole step · H half step

Degrees and intervals

D Mixolydian ♭6 scale on banjo

D Mixolydian ♭6 has 7 notes: D E F♯ G A B♭ C. Degrees: 1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7. Formula: W W H W H W W.

What notes are in the D Mixolydian ♭6 scale?

D, E, F♯, G, A, B♭ and C. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W H W H W W.

What does D Mixolydian ♭6 sound like, and when do you use it?

Major with a minor shadow: it starts happy and darkens up top. Use it over 7 resolving to a minor chord.

Chords in D Mixolydian ♭6

Degree	Triad	Seventh chord
I	D	D7
ii°	E°	Em7♭5
iii°	F♯°	F♯m7♭5
iv	Gm	Gm(maj7)
v	Am	Am7
♭VI+	B♭+	B♭maj7♯5
♭VII	C	C7

Chord progressions to improvise with D Mixolydian ♭6

In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fretboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in D:

Tonic vamp (I): a D7 vamp. A single chord: hear how each note of the scale sounds against the root.
Two chords (I–iiø): D7 | Em7♭5. The scale split into two chords: the first has 1-3-5-7, the second the other notes.

D Mixolydian ♭6 positions on banjo

In G D G B D tuning, keeping the hand in one area of the neck, D Mixolydian ♭6 is played in 7 positions:

Position 1: frets 0 to 3 (starts on the root)
Position 2: frets 2 to 5
Position 3: frets 4 to 7
Position 4: frets 5 to 8
Position 5: frets 7 to 10
Position 6: frets 8 to 11
Position 7: frets 10 to 13

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