Chord & FretMixolydian ♭6 (E)
Here the melodic minor is heard from its 5th degree: a Mixolydian with a lowered 6th. That is, the dominant scale — major with a minor 7th — already carrying the shadow of the minor key it tends to resolve into; the b6 announces that color in advance. It sounds like a nostalgic, late-afternoon kind of major. In jazz it is the natural reading of 7(b13) chords, the ones where the 13th drops a half step precisely to point at a landing on a minor chord.
Example: E – F# – G# – A – B – C – DFormula: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – b6 – b7In the formula, the numbers are degrees — positions counted in the reference major scale; "b" lowers a half step and "#" raises one.
Family: Melodic (jazz) minor and its modes.
The jazz-minor modes are central to jazz and sophisticated harmony. The #2/b3/#5 spelling is functional: enharmonically some notes sound the same, but the notation marks the tension they represent.
Chords in the harmonic field
These are the seven chords born from this scale — one built on each of its notes. Put another way: the set of chords that sounds naturally "inside" the scale. See the harmonic field of every key →
E7F#m7b5G#m7b5Am(maj7)Bm7Cmaj7#5D7The same scale on all four instruments
In the diagrams, each dot carries its scale degree — 1 is the tonic, highlighted.
One box per instrument is just the doorway into Mixolydian ♭6. In Chord & Fret, you drill it in Exercise mode — in thirds, pairs or sequences, with the BPM climbing every repetition; switch the dot labels between degrees, note names and fingers; and turn on the built-in metronome at the same BPM. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. 100% offline. See it in Chord & Fret →