SCALE REFERENCE

C♯ Mixolydian

C♯ – D♯ – E♯ – F♯ – G♯ – A♯ – B1 2 3 4 5 6 b7

Also written D♭ Mixolydian — the same pitches spelled the other way.

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
C♯1D♯2E♯3F♯4G♯5A♯6Bb7
NotesC#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, B
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
E♯BC♯D♯F♯G♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯BBC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯E♯F♯DD♯E♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯AA♯BC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯

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

357912AA♯BC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯EE♯F♯G♯A♯BC♯D♯CC♯D♯E♯F♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯D♯E♯F♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IC♯C♯7
iiD♯mD♯m7
iii°E♯dimE♯m7♭5
IVF♯F♯maj7
vG♯mG♯m7
viA♯mA♯m7
♭VIIBBmaj7

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

IC♯iiD♯miii°E♯dimIVF♯vG♯mviA♯m♭VIIB
Other scales on C♯

Core scales & modes

C♯ MajorC♯ Natural MinorC♯ Harmonic MinorC♯ Melodic MinorC♯ DorianC♯ PhrygianC♯ LydianC♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C♯ Major PentatonicC♯ Minor PentatonicC♯ BluesC♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C♯ Harmonic MajorC♯ Phrygian DominantC♯ Lydian DominantC♯ AlteredC♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C♯ Whole ToneC♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)C♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)C♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C♯ Hungarian MinorC♯ Double Harmonic MajorC♯ 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.