B flat Mixolydian mode on ukulele

The Mixolydian mode is a major scale with a minor seventh. It is the scale of the dominant seventh chord: you hear it everywhere in blues, rock and funk.

On the whole neck

GCEAGA♭B♭CDE♭FGCDE♭FGA♭B♭CFGA♭B♭CDE♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭0123456789101112

Position from fret 9

GCEAFGA♭B♭CDE♭FGA♭B♭910111213

Root notes are filled. Strings from the 4th (left on the full neck) to the 1st; the position starts from the root on the 3rd string, the lowest one.

Notes of the scale

DegreeNoteInterval
1B♭ (B flat)root
2Cmajor second
3Dmajor third
4E♭ (E flat)perfect fourth
5Fperfect fifth
6Gmajor sixth
7A♭ (A flat)minor seventh

Steps between notes: W – W – H – W – W – H – W (W = whole step, H = half step)

This mode uses the same notes as the E flat major scale, starting from another degree.

Chords of the scale

Triads built on each degree:

  1. B♭I
  2. Cmii
  3. Ddimiii°
  4. E♭IV
  5. Fmv
  6. Gmvi
  7. A♭VII

Other B♭ scales

The same scale in other keys