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Fig. 1 · D# Mixolydian on the keyboard

piano scale

D♯ Mixolydian

D♯1E♯2F𝄪3G♯4A♯5B♯6C♯♭7

Major with a flattened seventh: the scale that fits a dominant seventh chord without altering it.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are E♭ Mixolydian.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · D# Mixolydian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

D♯WE♯WF𝄪HG♯WA♯WB♯HC♯WD♯

What is true of it

D♯ Mixolydian is D♯, E♯, F𝄪, G♯, A♯, B♯ and C♯, and back to D♯.

Its steps are W – W – H – W – W – H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 8 alterations, F𝄪 among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

On the same tonic, D♯ major differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯majorC♯maj7major seventhD♯majorD♯7dominant seventhG♯majorG♯maj7major seventhA♯mminorA♯m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on D♯

D♯ DorianmodeD♯ PhrygianmodeD♯ LydianmodeD♯ majormajorD♯ natural minorminorD♯ harmonic minorminor

C mixC♯ mixD♭ mixD mixE mixF mixF♯ mixG♭ mixall 374