SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Mixolydian

B♭ – C – D – E♭ – F – G – A♭1 2 3 4 5 6 b7

Major with a flat 7th — the sound of blues-rock and folk. The 5th mode of the major scale; the scale over a dominant 7th chord.

Notes & degrees
B♭1C2D3E♭4F5G6A♭b7
NotesBb, C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
CDFGB♭E♭A♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭CDE♭BCDE♭FGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CDE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭B♭CDAB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭CCDE♭FGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭CDE♭FG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IB♭B♭7
iiCmCm7
iii°DdimDm7♭5
IVE♭E♭maj7
vFmFm7
viGmGm7
♭VIIA♭A♭maj7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

IB♭iiCmiii°DdimIVE♭vFmviGm♭VIIA♭
Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ MajorB♭ Natural MinorB♭ Harmonic MinorB♭ Melodic MinorB♭ DorianB♭ PhrygianB♭ LydianB♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B♭ Major PentatonicB♭ Minor PentatonicB♭ BluesB♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B♭ Harmonic MajorB♭ Phrygian DominantB♭ Lydian DominantB♭ AlteredB♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B♭ Whole ToneB♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)B♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)B♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

B♭ Hungarian MinorB♭ Double Harmonic MajorB♭ Neapolitan Minor
Mixolydian on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.