About the B flat Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic scale
B flat Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic is used for floating major-key colors and 6/9 chord voicings with a lydian shimmer. Think of it as a bright five-note scale, a major 6/9 chord with a raised fourth folded in.
Its notes are B♭, C, E, F, and G. The formula is W 4 semitones H W 1½. It is the fifth mode of C Mixolydian Pentatonic.
E and G are open guitar strings that sit inside the mode, ready to drone under a riff. The 1st fret of the A string is the lowest B♭ on the neck. A full root-to-root octave of B♭ Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic fits within the first three frets, so it has a real open-position box.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | B flat | Root |
| 2 | C | Major 2nd |
| 3 | E | Augmented 4th |
| 4 | F | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | G | Major 6th |
| Steps | W 4 semitones H W 1½ |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-4-1-2-3 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♯4 5 6 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Lydian 6/9 Pentatonic in other keys
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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