Scales
A Mixolydian b6 Scale
A · B · C# · D · E · F · G
A Mixolydian b6 is a scale built on A with the notes A · B · C# · D · E · F · G.
A Mixolydian b6 Scale
A · B · C# · D · E · F · G
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 | A · B · C# · D · E · F · G · A | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 | A · B · C# · D · E · F · G · A |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
A Mixolydian b6 is made of the notes A · B · C# · D · E · F · G. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W W H W H W W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of A Mixolydian b6 gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Related scales
The scales A Mixolydian b6 shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Scales inside it
A Mixolydian PentatonicA · C# · D · E · G
Every note of this scale is in A Mixolydian b6.
A EgyptianA · B · D · E · G
Every note of this scale is in A Mixolydian b6.
A Flat Six PentatonicA · B · C# · E · F
Every note of this scale is in A Mixolydian b6.
Scales that contain it
A ChromaticA · Bb · B · C · C# · D · Eb · E · F · F# · G · G#
Contains every note of A Mixolydian b6.
Common questions
- How do I play A Mixolydian b6?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of A Mixolydian b6?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of A Mixolydian b6 gives A (I), Bdim (ii°), C#dim (iii°), Dm (iv), Em (v), Faug (VI+), G (VII). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in A Mixolydian b6?
- A Mixolydian b6 contains the notes A · B · C# · D · E · F · G, measured from the tonic A as the intervals 1P, 2M, 3M, 4P, 5P, 6m, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of A Mixolydian b6?
- From A the steps run W W H W H W W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.