Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Mixolydian Scale in Open D Tuning

Bb Mixolydian Scale in Open D Tuning shows the same bb mixolydian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab
Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 4 5 7 9 10
Parent scale: Eb major
Tuning: D A D F# A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Mixolydian Scale: string 6 D (3), string 4 D (3), and string 1 D (3). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6D3

String 4D3

String 1D3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 4

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 8. On the highest D string, the first Bb is at fret 8.

OpenD3

Fret 1Eb4

Fret 3F5

Fret 5G6

Fret 6Abb7

Fret 8Bb1

Fret 10C2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Mixolydian Scale on the low D string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 8, 1, 8, 4, 1, and 8, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.