B♭ Mixolydian ♭6 (Bb Mixolydian b6) scale on bass
B♭ Mixolydian ♭6 has 7 notes: B♭ C D E♭ F G♭ A♭. Degrees: 1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7. Formula: W W H W H W W.
What notes are in the B♭ Mixolydian ♭6 scale?
B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G♭ and A♭. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W H W H W W.
What does B♭ 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 B♭ Mixolydian ♭6
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I | B♭ | B♭7 |
| ii° | C° | Cm7♭5 |
| iii° | D° | Dm7♭5 |
| iv | E♭m | E♭m(maj7) |
| v | Fm | Fm7 |
| ♭VI+ | G♭+ | G♭maj7♯5 |
| ♭VII | A♭ | A♭7 |
Chord progressions to improvise with B♭ 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 B♭:
- Tonic vamp (I): a B♭7 vamp. A single chord: hear how each note of the scale sounds against the root.
- Two chords (I–iiø): B♭7 | Cm7♭5. The scale split into two chords: the first has 1-3-5-7, the second the other notes.
B♭ Mixolydian ♭6 positions on bass
In standard tuning (E A D G), with 3 notes per string, B♭ Mixolydian ♭6 is played in 7 positions along the neck:
- Position 1: frets 6 to 10 (starts on the root)
- Position 2: frets 8 to 12
- Position 3: frets 9 to 13
- Position 4: frets 11 to 15
- Position 5: frets 1 to 5
- Position 6: frets 2 to 7
- Position 7: frets 4 to 8
Same notes as
E♭ melodic minor (ascending) · E♭ melodic minor · G♭ Lydian augmented · A♭ Lydian dominant · C Locrian ♮2 · D altered
Mixolydian ♭6 in other keys
On other instruments
B♭ Mixolydian ♭6 on piano · B♭ Mixolydian ♭6 on guitar · All scales